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Electrical Wiring Problem/Question

Submitted by Neongun on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 1:54pm.

Problem: This an exisiting fluorescent monument sign that has no ground. Is it still possible to wire in a ballast and use some method for grounding the sign?
The signs positve and neutral side is fine.

Thanks for any help.

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Signtiffic says: aa signs posted on: Mon, 04/05/2010 - 10:56pm
TTTBone says: Almost all ballasts will work just fine without a ground. However, if you want to ground the sign and it has no ground wire running to it, you can simply add your own ground wire by attaching it and the ...
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Almost all ballasts will work just fine without a ground.
However, if you want to ground the sign and it has no ground wire running to it, you can simply add your own ground wire by attaching it and the ballast to a bonded metal surface of the monument sign and then running a ground wire to a dedicated ground rod, which you can install (drive).

posted on: Tue, 04/06/2010 - 6:01pm

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