Ballast?

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• Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 10:16:49 -0600
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From:  Jim Fosse [SMTP:jim.fosse-at-bjt-dot-net]
Sent:  Saturday, February 28, 1998 9:17 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Ballast?


>From:  Moleking [SMTP:moleking-at-concentric-dot-net]
>Sent:  Friday, February 27, 1998 8:37 PM
>To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject:  Ballast?
>
>  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-dot-com/~don/f-lamp.html for a several page
explanation of it and of fluorescent lamps in general.

	jim

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