Help With Mitsubishi DLP TV

[SkilletIsWorking]

Hello, I have a Mitsubishi DLP WD-73736, after 8 years of faithful service and 2 bulb changes, calamity struck.

I bought the exact replacement lamp I have used to times before, removed the old lamp, inserted the new one until I felt the faint click, put the screws in, fired it up new lamp working great, until I got this odd smell, at first I thought it was just the new lamp burning some dust and the new lamp smell. However I work on computers, and very soon I recognized the burning plastic smell. Shut it all down, took the back panel, and screws off. Sure enough, lamp is stuck, well I had to rip it out, the connection between the lamp and the cable to the ballast had melted and fused.

Lamp is still good, TV is still good, but I need another connector bracket and cable between the lamp and ballast board, of course Mitsubishi doesn't have parts for this tv anymore (made in 2008). Some tireless searching later, I think this part is it, but I can't be sure at all, https/www.encompassparts.com/item/7670337/Mitsubishi/642B177010/Support_Ballast , the service manual has this listed as a misc, and with no pictures I cant be sure.

On a second note, is it possible to bypass the connector altogether with a wire splice, I was thinking about some ceramic wire nuts, but I noticed the wire insulation between the ballast and lamp is rated for 10kv (10000 volts) and 150C, I know the ceramic would tolerate the heat, but I don't know about that initial burst of voltage is this a doable temporary solution or foolish?

Any help would be appreciated, and yes I know, I probably screwed up inserting the lamp.

 

[SkilletIsWorking]

The ceramic Wire nuts worked, spliced the high voltage cable together, used the nuts, TV is working perfectly, Im just gonna do a bit of wiring when I need to change lamps from now on, it almost seems safer this way to considering how flimsy that connection was between the lamp and ballest