Engineer1984
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- Seattle, WA. USA
Hey all! This forum saved my bacon on that plumbing project I had. MH himself even approved of my fix! Whee! anyway, on to smaller and funner things.
I’ve been working on this old Wurlitzer I have. This ol’ juke is equipped with 2 “old style” t8’s with magnetic ballasts and starters. Well, One of them finally went, and I figured I could finally be rid of the starters. Bought an electronic ballast that was rated for this particular bulb, but then realized there are 4 wires per bulb vs the original 2 “one to neutral/bulb, one to starter/bulb”. Well now I’ll need to add 2 additional conductors per fixture.
To paint a picture, the ballasts are centrally located which operate the bulbs remotely. What Wurlitzer used was typical run of the mill lamp cable to the tombstones. The removable front panel has the wiring going through a 2 conductor plug, which I will have to replace.
My question is: should I rip out this old lamp cable and install wire rated for the higher voltages produced? Or is lamp cable suffice for this type of application? I realize this unit was UL listed, but that was in 1973.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
I’ve been working on this old Wurlitzer I have. This ol’ juke is equipped with 2 “old style” t8’s with magnetic ballasts and starters. Well, One of them finally went, and I figured I could finally be rid of the starters. Bought an electronic ballast that was rated for this particular bulb, but then realized there are 4 wires per bulb vs the original 2 “one to neutral/bulb, one to starter/bulb”. Well now I’ll need to add 2 additional conductors per fixture.
To paint a picture, the ballasts are centrally located which operate the bulbs remotely. What Wurlitzer used was typical run of the mill lamp cable to the tombstones. The removable front panel has the wiring going through a 2 conductor plug, which I will have to replace.
My question is: should I rip out this old lamp cable and install wire rated for the higher voltages produced? Or is lamp cable suffice for this type of application? I realize this unit was UL listed, but that was in 1973.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
