Remember, once she leaves its not considered sexual harassment. Whip it out.

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Dude, you guys are fricken nutts!:icon17:

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holy crap you did it!! :woot: congrats. :tup: awesome. :D

i hear the next Z is a 3.9L V6 or a 390Z. lol :rofl2: ;)

yah, get her a nice gift card ($100 or so not too much as she will feel burdened) for a higher-end department store or tiffany's or coach or something, and flowers with GL from everyone. :tup:

No sex toys though...

well, she can decide on wat she wants, i guess. :icon17:

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Greetings from Sacramento!!!

Home, sweet home...

Congratulations! :tup:

Even when flying First Class, it still sucks (just less).

good stuff man!

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Back to moar meetings... :ugh:

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You hang in there. Be strong.

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:woot:

fun fun fun!

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yea lol 9 reps, couldn't get the 10th dang it lol

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what the hell? 9

This is an appeal to the resident forum electricians (BFG, LMB, and anyone else with experience).

I got the new ballasts for my 72" two lamp T12 fluorescent light fixtures in the garage, and the wiring is slightly different that the existing set up. I got new lamp holders as well, and I'm having some difficulty getting the old ones off.

First, the lamp holders - I removed the end plate from the fixture and it looks like the plastic holders should just slide out the back. However, the side of each one seems to be clipped on the outside. If I wiggle them good, the inside track seems to be loose and starts to slide, but the outside track won't budge. I took a mirror and looked at it from all angles and was unable to determine where or how it is still attached. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. If you think it will help, I will post some pics tomorrow morning. Since I got new ones, I don't really care about these and plan to cut them out as a last resort.

Second, the wiring. Attached are the wiring diagrams from the labels of each ballast. The old, worn label, is obviously the old ballast. The wiring is done exactly as it is shown. The new ballast appears to be wired differently, especially with regard to the new lamp holders I purchased. It looks like I just wire the two blue wires to the lamp holders on one end and the red wire connects both lamp holders on the other end. Do I have to just cut some of the red wire and make a connection from the first lamp holders connected on that end to the second lamp holder? I'm not sure what the diagram means when it says "cut out lamp holder". Also, the lamp holders have different connections. One side has a single pair of holes for connecting the wiring. The other end has two pairs of holes. In the existing wiring, the lamp holders with two pairs of connecting holes has to be wired up to accept the incoming power and ground from the house as well as the wiring from the ballast (one wire goes into one hole in each pair). However, the new ballast wires directly to the power and ground from the house, and both lamp holders only receive one wire. Does it matter which lamp holders gets wired with the blue wires vs the red wire?

Sorry for the book... I only have a basic understanding of electricity, so I like to make sure I understand exactly what I'm doing before I screw with it. Thanks for bearing with me :tiphat:

:icon17: I know....... I know. my arms gave out attempting the 10th lol had to lower the weight after that.

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I'm home too.
Got home from the airport around 1:15.
Have a client in my chair as we speak.
Then it's off to the salon to get some more work done.
Then pack for NYC.
Whew.

It sounds like you're gonna have a wonderful weekend..:tup:

Lol. :tup: that's some crazy power you got there!

http://www.the370z.com/lounge-off-to...ml#post2458512

So while I dislike working with electricity, I also forgot to mention that I'm impatient. I had a break and went home and spent 15 minutes getting the light working again :woot:

The lamp holders were just stuck good and tight (that's what she said!). I managed to hammer them off with a screwdriver handle. The wiring was exactly as it seemed. When I looked closer at the wires, I noticed the red one was slightly longer than the blue ones. I cut off that extra length and connected the red wire to one of the two lamp holders with two sets of connections, and then wired the two lamp holders together with the extra piece of wire. Everything is working great!

Looks like no word on the test scores :( but I am about to leave to go pick Melody up to head to the comedy festival :tup:

GJ, mr.jar! :tup:

...still in meeting...

I love it when stuff I fix works the first time :tup:

:tup:

It's a rarity these days

So many people in a rush... seems like no one just takes their time to do something right any more.

plan of action for tonight...

first i need to get some gas in the Fit.. then vac the house. if there's time want to go strolling on my kickscooter. :D

then need to finish cleaning up the RC shelf tonight, and start packing up for the metal recycling tomorrow. :)

after that, if im still up for it, will start wet sanding the touchup zits on my G. :D