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From: smlg1015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Ballast Boxes
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Date: 29 Oct 89 18:39:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!smlg1015    Oct 29 12:39:00 1989


 When I moved into my present apartment, the fluorescent lights emitted
a loud buzzing noise.  Upon examination, the noise seemed to be coming
from something marked "Ballast Box: Class P".  I replaced it and the
noise stopped.  Can somebody tell me what a Ballast Box is and how it
works?  I opened the old one and found some kind of black paste surrounding
the wires.

Stuart Lichtenthal    smlg1015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu