I have a question. If you have a multitap ballast and wire it for 120 or 240... Doesn't matter. Will the conductors of the lamp cord from the secondary side always see the same voltage and current path?
I guess I don't know hoe to word it properly.
If the primary side operates on 240v, will the lamp cord still only have current going to the center contact of the socket? Or does the shell now somehow have 120v along with the center contact of the socket.
Probably a really stupid question.
Am I right in assuming that it does not matter what the primary side runs at as far as voltage, the secondary side will always output the same voltage and current and the conductors of the lamp cord will always remain the same? As in the center contact of the socket is hot and the shell returns the current back to the ballast?
Thanks and sorry for the probably stupid question. I'm a telcom guy and I was discussing this with a co-worker yesterday....
I guess I don't know hoe to word it properly.
If the primary side operates on 240v, will the lamp cord still only have current going to the center contact of the socket? Or does the shell now somehow have 120v along with the center contact of the socket.
Probably a really stupid question.
Am I right in assuming that it does not matter what the primary side runs at as far as voltage, the secondary side will always output the same voltage and current and the conductors of the lamp cord will always remain the same? As in the center contact of the socket is hot and the shell returns the current back to the ballast?
Thanks and sorry for the probably stupid question. I'm a telcom guy and I was discussing this with a co-worker yesterday....