Dumb question on wiring light below Tron CP

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I discovered the blacklight fixture below my TRON CP was broken, so I went out to wal-mart and bought one of those $6 18 inch light fixtures to throw in there.

The new fixture only has a two prong plug, no ground wire. I cut the three prong plug off the old light fixture, and attempted to wire it up.

The three prong plug has the colors Green/Yellow, blue, and brown. I know green/yellow is ground. I assumed the blue was the hot wire because I traced it to a fuse, and brown was neutral. However when I connected blue to hot and brown to neutral on the new fixture and left the ground wire unhooked, I blew the fuse that controls all of the cabinet lights.

Do I have the hot and neutral wires backwards or am I missing something else, IE does the ground wire need to be wired in as well?
 

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Looking at the way you have the wires stripped I'd be concerned that you didn't have the two touching eachother which would immediately blow a fuse.
Split that white cord down the middle some and give yourself some room between the two lines.

Besides.... what was so broken on the original fixture that it couldn't have been fixed ?
 
It shouldn't matter which way you wire up the light. Wrap those wires in electrical tape, replace the fuse, and try again. If the fuse stays good, remove the electrical tape, solder the wires together and use heat shrink to cover them. Or wire nuts if you would like an easy way to pull it out later...
 
Thanks for the tips guys, got it up and running. Wires must have been touching, simple as that.

As for the old fixture, it was missing one of the sockets, starter, and ballast. I had a spare 18 inch blacklight on hand so i'm going to put that in the new fixture. I just figured this way would be easier instead of having to hunt those parts down; I know its not original but I didn't feel as if I was murdering a classic or turning it into a multicade or something.

Just glad to have Tron and all her lights back from the dead :D.
 
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