Dodgy Modification

At my godparents house, There was a light to be fix. Unscrew 4 screws, took the cover out, turn the main power on, conduct the two wire (Life and Neutral) with the test probe...slowly checking the fault... beep... got power....beeep.... still got power....~no beep... Ok...this ballast is faulty... By the way, ballast is the white color thingy that used in the flourescent lights. Dismantle the ballast and try my luck to get it from the shop for a replacement.....1st shop... wow..sorry sir, mayb you can try the shop down and bla bla street... they might help you out.... got to the 2nd warehouse..... hmm.. this one, give me a few minutes and I will ring and ask the price..... few minutes later... sir, this thing, we have to order from the eastern state and will going to be $22.... What? that one for $22??? What the......The whole new set of light cost $17... without thinking, I say to the salesperson, just leave it... is tooo expensive... Anyway, try not to invest $17 for a new housing + lights, those lights at home strike my thinking.... manage to get info from internet... and start look at one of the light at the hallway is abit dull, about to go... So go down to the shop to get a new globe to replace the one on the hallway, so that the old one can donate the heart for another lamp... What I do were, those energy saving light or also known as Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL), I opened the bottom part where the white color plastic, pull the component inside and rewire them and use it as the ballast. So in conclusion, the lamp now is 100% energy saving as electronic ballast only draws the amount is needed to light up the tube white those white heavy ballast will just draw full power no matter is a tube is fitted or not.
After got it wired up, check the circuit breaker a few times to make sure it trips... Haha... scared if later I try to turn it on, the light "Pau Char"(means explode in hokkien dialect)...so protection abit.... plug into the power socket... stand far, turn the back facing the light, 3.....2......1.....ON........ nothing heard.... Yes!!!!! it lit.... yippeee..... so the $22 old heavy ballast is replaced by the $5.00 electronic ballast. ^_^ will last longer...