This almost certainly won’t fire unless you wire each color in series instead of parallel Ie red bulb one other red bulb 2 and the. Jumper the two bulbs. Then brown bulb 1 other brown bulb 4. Bulb 1 other pin to pin 1 of b2. P2 of b2 to p1 of b3 p2 of b3 to p1 of b4. But still. It won’t be balanced if one bulb fires and one bulb doesn’t it won’t give it a second strike. The method I said in last post is most likely to success
So pretty much splicing each wire and doing it that way?
Yeah, electronic ballasts regulate current, just don’t know the parallel vs series in this case. Yes, series makes sense (regulating current), but do you run into issues it’s the ballast not getting the proper power to the end to end lamp connection in the middle for starting?
I’ll draw up what he is saying in a second for you. Instead of putting a second bulb parallel, you would be essentially doubling the length of each bulb in series
Ok I can see how that would work. Appreciate that again!
And his drawing only shows one wire of each color but you need both so the filament can be heated. Again. This will all come down to total bulb length. But if you look at the 430 ballast diagram they use a similar idea so the ballast should be capable of striking with only one end heated per bulb
These bulbs are capable of consuming more power the warmer they get. It is a voltage issue in this case not a current issue. As long as each of the two bulbs raises pressure and the voltage is enough to start an initial arc the middle does no matter.
