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From: frankb@hpsad.HP.COM (Frank Ball)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Fluorescent light ballasts
Message-ID: <1840015@hpsad.HP.COM>
Date: 26 Nov 89 22:15:10 GMT
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Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
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*From: torkil@psivax.UUCP (Torkil Hammer)
*Questions:
*1. Why is there a minimum starting temp for the ballast?

It is harder to ionize the gas in the tube when it is cold.
I had an old ballast that was getting weak, and couldn't start
a cold tube, but if I took the tube out and warmed it up under
my electric blacket it would fire up and work fine.

Frank Ball          frankb@hpsad.HP.COM


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