sorry to bother you again on the same subject scott :-(

The way the current ballasts im working on are wired up is the same as fig 3.2 but the ballast has no neutral connected to it and (as far as i know) no capacitor linking the two coils unless internal.ps what is that cap for?


-live into ballast
-line out of ballast to ignitor then on to lamp (x1)
-second line out of ballast to ignitor (x3)
-neutral to ignitor (x2)
-neutral to lamp
-earth to case of ballast

do you think the ballast gets its neutral via the ballast?

only caps used are for p,f correction
just dont get it!
unless the ballast is just like an in line resistor limiting the current?