Author Topic: how to ... TEST A BALLAST???  (Read 8064 times)

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Re: how to ... TEST A BALLAST???
« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2015, 03:26:19 PM »
That's not a Nintendo fixture. Is it?

I recently had a bad ballast on my Robotron. I simply deduced it was the ballast. Good bulb? Yep. New starter? Yep. Getting voltage? Yep. Well, it's gotta be the ballast. :)

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Re: how to ... TEST A BALLAST???
« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2015, 07:00:06 PM »
If they go open, the tube simply won't get any power. If they short, the tube blows up with one bright flash.