Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!smlg1015 From: smlg1015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Fluorescent light flicker Message-ID: <108800004@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 8 Nov 89 10:43:06 GMT Lines: 8 Nf-ID: #N:uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:108800004:000:298 Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!smlg1015 Nov 7 21:12:00 1989 I would like to thank everyone who answered my question about ballast boxes and their use in starting fluorescent lights. I now have an additional question: Why do fluorescent lamps flicker? What part is dying (dead) when flickering is noticeable? Stuart Lichtenthal smlg1015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu