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Ballast?
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Subject: Ballast?
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 10:16:49 -0600
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From: Jim Fosse [SMTP:jim.fosse@bjt.net]
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 1998 9:17 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Ballast?
>From: Moleking [SMTP:moleking@concentric.net]
>Sent: Friday, February 27, 1998 8:37 PM
>To: tesla@pupman.com
>Subject: Ballast?
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> He also, however,
>had several ballasts lying around, one of which he gave me. I brought the
>box home, having no idea of it's purpose. One end had two red leads, and
>the other had two pairs of wires coming out. I plugged in the two single
>ones. The unit sparked, tripped a breaker, and smoked slightly.
Josh,
That was a fluorescent lamp ballast. (well actually, it may
still work despite letting the smoke out;)
Check out: http://www.misty.com/~don/f-lamp.html for a several page
explanation of it and of fluorescent lamps in general.
jim