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Pouring water on an energized ballast?Well, if the water was fresh water and the ballast wasn't too hot - probably nothing exiting in theshort term. (Although I wouldn't really recommend it)BUT, if the water was salty (Sea Water) -- you could be in for some REAL FIREWORKS!!Fresh water is not very conductive, while salt water is EXTREMELY conductive to electricity.************** Safety Notice - DO NOT work on energized electrical devices while wet **************Ralph
Salt water worked perfectly the lamp started to get dim and the electrodes glowed a little bit but after that the base glowed orange for a long time and then I heard a loud pop and an odd smell with a lot of smoke opened the base the ballast was completley fried and the capacitor had popped