[Shop-talk] Easier EE question

[Randall]

> And since the machine worked fine for a while, what could be causing the 
> extra current draw?  (and more importantly, how do I find it?)

Just a thought; could something else have gotten connected to the circuit in the meantime?

> *= I got this unit used from someone who had it.  They got rid of it 
> because it 'sparked and made  a loud noise.'  When I got it home, turns 
> out that one of the connectors had shorted.  I fixed the connector and 
> have been using it since.

Given that history, I'd be going through the bed looking for more problems like another short or a bad ballast.

Randall