Hooking up fluorescent lights

I'm having some trouble doing this. Maybe someone here with electronics knowledge can help me out. The setup is for two lamps. I think it's in parallel.

These are the wires
1. Line(black)
2. Line(white)
3. 1st left socket(1)
4. 1st left socket(2)
5. 2nd left socket(1)
6. 2nd left socket(2)
7. ballast(black)
8. ballast(white)
9. ballast(blue(1))
10.ballast(blue(2))
11.ballast(red)
12.1st right socket
13.2nd right socket

>>1
duct tape

>>2
i don't know which ones to connect

connect the colors together

Whatever you do, don't cut the red wire

i thought you guys were more useful than this.

>>4
tried that. didn't work.

I am unfamiliar with the term "ballast" used in this context. Is it ground?
Also,
"1st left socket(1)"
"1st left socket(2)"
Do not understand. I have electronics knowledge, but have not studiedany standard means of describing the wiring. So I have no idea what things like the above mean.

Errr...
studied any

I don't have much electonics knowledge/terminology either, but it seems a ballast is something to reduce/regulate the current. It's a black brick shaped thing. The fluorescent "bulb" has two pins. The pins go into this "sockets". This fixture is for two "bulbs" so there are four "sockets." From each of the left sockets there extends two wires. Four total. 1st left sockets wires are both colored white. 2nd left sockets wires are both black. The right sockets each have one wire extending from them. So there are a total of 13 wires to deal with. Does that make any sense?

I've tried connect
1-7
2-3-5-8
4-6-11
9-12
10-13
but it didn't work. The breaker didn't trip either...

http://members.misty.com/don/f-lamp.html#wd

I think the last diagram in that section is what you want.

>>10
Actually I had found that previously and it's how I came up with what I did in >>9. The only difference is the diagram shows two reds, but I have two blues instead. So I switched red for blue. Does that make a difference? Maybe if I knew what the colors meant it would help.

>>11
Hrm, I don't know if switching red/blue is safe.  I would expect it's OK, but you're the one who stands to fry a ballast if it's not.  Looking at what you tried in >>9 I think you also need to switch how you do left and right:

1-7
2-8-12
3-5-9
4-6-10
11-13

I assume your wires 12 & 13 are parallel-wired to both sockets on the right.  That should make the above look like the FAQ pic.  The two times I've replaced ballasts, I had nice instructions that explained where all the wires went.  Also, spec sheets via Google.

the ballast for a fluorescent light usually steps up the voltage.

there is some ballast data on lithonia's website, I think. or at least in thier product selection guide:

Ballast circuit data:
http//www.lithonia.com/...

Ballast selection guide:

http//www.lithonia.com/...

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