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Tall CFL Bulb for a Tall Lamp

Step 3Wire Up the Ballast and Socket

Wire Up the Ballast and Socket
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The wiring was pretty simple. The difficult part was finding the wiring diagram, which I tracked down on the manufacturer's site. It's included below: the diagram is important because different ballasts have really different wiring patterns. You have to follow the correct one.

I cut up the wires from the ballast where necessary to make little junctions for the connections. The 4-pin socket had one-way wire holes for each incoming wire that I simply pushed each stripped end into.

Once everything was wired up, I tried turning it all on and, lo and behold, it worked as advertised.
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