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In article <1993Jan5.055326.2966@klic.rain.com> keithl@klic.rain.com (Keith Lofstrom) writes:


[ high frequency flourescents ]
>
>I will second this.  I am running my large basement office with 120 watts
>into 4 tubes running off of two electronic ballasts.  It is very bright -
>perhaps too bright.  Much brighter than the 160 watts of T12 40 watt that
>used to be in here.  And brighter still than the 200 watts of rather dim
>incandescent that were originally in here.  No flicker or noticable hum,
>either (you can hear a slight hum if you park your ear right on the
>ballast).  They also turn on right away, unlike the sputtering startup
>of the old inductive ballast fixtures.

How much are the high-frequency ballasts, power conversion (60 Hz to whatever
kHz)?

And most of important, where do you get them? I strongly suspect the local
lighting hardware guys are going to say 'duuuuuhhh?' when I ask for this.

>
>Fiat Lux!
>
>Keith
>-- 
>Keith Lofstrom         keithl@klic.rain.com       Voice (503)-520-1993
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