EMERGENCY someone help, capacitor for ballast prob

phillip0101 · 5th March 2005, 01:43 PM

i was just taking the capacitor and transformer + ignitor off from a metal plate which they were all held on to, and the wires came out of the capacitor. They were just kind of pushed in, not soldiered on or anything. See photo below. Anyway i then put a wire back into one of the holes and i couldnt get the damn thing out again, and ended up pulling off the white cap at the end. I now have no idea which wire goes to where for the capacitor.

When i look at the connection on the cap end that i pulled off there doesnt seem to be any +/- symbols, so does it matter which way round live (brown wire) and neutral (blue wire) connects to it?

hope someone can help.

phillip0101 · 5th March 2005, 01:47 PM

janneman · 5th March 2005, 01:53 PM

Can you show a pic of the text on the cap....?

Jan Didden

phillip0101 · 5th March 2005, 01:59 PM

my camera wont go that close but i can tell you what they say, its VERY small

One side shows a triangle with the letters "VOL"

the other side says "0.5-1" I think there is something after the 1, but its so small to see

janneman · 5th March 2005, 02:19 PM

I mean on the side. It this a polarised cap or not? If it isn't, the connections can be swapped.

Jan Didden

phillip0101 · 5th March 2005, 02:24 PM

lol, sorry i dont know anythin about these ballast wiring things. heres a pic.

phillip0101 · 5th March 2005, 02:28 PM

heres another bit which didnt show on the last pic, not sure it its useful

janneman · 5th March 2005, 02:29 PM

This is a non-polarised AC cap. Don't worry about the connections, as long as you don't have them both to the same point

Jan Didden

phillip0101 · 5th March 2005, 02:31 PM

nice one, so i can just wack in in anyway!! sweet, thats a relief!!

Thank you so much for the help! i wouldnt have know what to do otherwise.. i tried checkin the web but couldnt find much at all about which way to wire the capacitor.

cheers bud

phillip0101 · 5th March 2005, 02:39 PM

well it works!! i connected it up again first though and it didnt work at all! i though NOOOOOO!... then i realises the wire going to the transformer was broken off as well!!

oh dear. well its all good now!, back to work!

5th March 2005, 01:43 PM	#1
phillip0101 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bristol, England	EMERGENCY someone help, capacitor for ballast prob i was just taking the capacitor and transformer + ignitor off from a metal plate which they were all held on to, and the wires came out of the capacitor. They were just kind of pushed in, not soldiered on or anything. See photo below. Anyway i then put a wire back into one of the holes and i couldnt get the damn thing out again, and ended up pulling off the white cap at the end. I now have no idea which wire goes to where for the capacitor. When i look at the connection on the cap end that i pulled off there doesnt seem to be any +/- symbols, so does it matter which way round live (brown wire) and neutral (blue wire) connects to it? hope someone can help. __________________ I wish i had a bigger bedroom

5th March 2005, 01:47 PM	#2
phillip0101 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bristol, England	__________________ I wish i had a bigger bedroom

5th March 2005, 01:53 PM	#3
janneman diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Where Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium meet Blog Entries: 6	Can you show a pic of the text on the cap....? Jan Didden __________________ /New Linear Audio publication: Baxandall & Self on Audio Power!

5th March 2005, 01:59 PM	#4
phillip0101 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bristol, England	my camera wont go that close but i can tell you what they say, its VERY small One side shows a triangle with the letters "VOL" the other side says "0.5-1" I think there is something after the 1, but its so small to see __________________ I wish i had a bigger bedroom

5th March 2005, 02:19 PM	#5
janneman diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Where Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium meet Blog Entries: 6	I mean on the side. It this a polarised cap or not? If it isn't, the connections can be swapped. Jan Didden __________________ /New Linear Audio publication: Baxandall & Self on Audio Power!


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5th March 2005, 02:24 PM	#6
phillip0101 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bristol, England	lol, sorry i dont know anythin about these ballast wiring things. heres a pic. __________________ I wish i had a bigger bedroom

5th March 2005, 02:28 PM	#7
phillip0101 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bristol, England	heres another bit which didnt show on the last pic, not sure it its useful __________________ I wish i had a bigger bedroom

5th March 2005, 02:29 PM	#8
janneman diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Where Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium meet Blog Entries: 6	This is a non-polarised AC cap. Don't worry about the connections, as long as you don't have them both to the same point Jan Didden __________________ /New Linear Audio publication: Baxandall & Self on Audio Power!

5th March 2005, 02:31 PM	#9
phillip0101 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bristol, England	nice one, so i can just wack in in anyway!! sweet, thats a relief!! Thank you so much for the help! i wouldnt have know what to do otherwise.. i tried checkin the web but couldnt find much at all about which way to wire the capacitor. cheers bud __________________ I wish i had a bigger bedroom

5th March 2005, 02:39 PM	#10
phillip0101 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bristol, England	well it works!! i connected it up again first though and it didnt work at all! i though NOOOOOO!... then i realises the wire going to the transformer was broken off as well!! oh dear. well its all good now!, back to work! __________________ I wish i had a bigger bedroom

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