I need wireing help too

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  1. kim

    kim Astrea Snail

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    Hi, I am still trying to replace the MH ballists that came with my Catalina Auariums light fixture with Icecap ballests. Here are some pics of what I am dealing with.
    The odd looking plug is the one on the old ballast, the other plug is whats on the Icecap ballasts. The 3 wires are what Icecap has coming from the ballast if you remove the plug. I understand that green goes to green, but what about the 2 red wires? Are they interchangeable ?

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  3. Ducksmasher

    Ducksmasher Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I would say yes since we are talking about AC output to the bulb, but Id call ice cap to make sure.
     
  4. kim

    kim Astrea Snail

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    Thanks Ducksmasher, I will tomorrow, I was just hoping to light this thig up tonight LOL
     
  5. horkn

    horkn Giant Squid

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    Yeah, typically on AC, you can swap the 2 leads around. AC stands for Alternating Current, so you can run them either way.

    That must be a new style IC ballast as my old style IC e ballasts have 2 different color wires for the leads and there is a wiring diagram on the case.