Re: Determining light pairs
Richard Hyde (rah@netcom.com)
Sun, 21 Jul 1996 09:14:48 -0700 (PDT)
> I was told that you
> can mix bulbs within a 4 bulb fixture, however you need to mix them in
> pairs. Most 4 bulb fixtures have two ballasts inside and you can run
> two 25 watt bulbs or two 34 watt bulbs off of one of the ballasts and a
> pair of 40 watt bulbs off of the other ballast. You'll have to look
> inside the fixture to see how it is wired to make sure which sockets
> are wired in pairs to each ballast.
If you remove one bulb, the other bulb in the "pair" should refuse
to light. This is a bit easier then looking inside the fixture.
YMMV
Rick