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From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Fluorescent light ballasts
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Date: 21 Nov 89 03:14:07 GMT
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At one point I heard a proposal to outfit large office buildings
with ~260 volt power at several ten of khz. This would go to the
lamps, which would have custom ballasts. The driving force was
several % improvement in efficiency-- a double payoff since it
also reduced the cooling load of the HVAC systems.

 It sounded like a workable idea. Nver heard any more, though.
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