Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!umigw!mthvax.cs.miami.edu!wb8foz From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Fluorescent light ballasts Keywords: efficiency Message-ID: <1084@umigw.MIAMI.EDU> Date: 18 Nov 89 13:41:32 GMT References: <22334@gryphon.COM> <4995@ae.sei.cmu.edu> <3504@kitty.UUCP> Sender: news@umigw.MIAMI.EDU Reply-To: wb8foz@Mthvax.Miami.Edu (David Lesher) Distribution: na Organization: NRK Clinic for habitual NetNews abusers Lines: 9 I was told once (by folks that ought to know) that as the tubes age, not only does the light output drop; but the power drawn increases. Thus the efficiency takes a double whammy. Comments? -- A host is a host & from coast to coast...wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu no one will talk to a host that's close..............(305) 255-RTFM Unless the host (that isn't close)......................pob 570-335 is busy, hung or dead....................................33257-0335