In message <[email protected]>, Jim Lux writes: >The issue also arises with fluorescent [...] > > As folks transitioned to the newer ballasts, the non-sinusoidal >current problem probably got worse.
I don't know about US, but in EU they must have PFC correction, and the ones I've seen do, because the PFC circuit makes for a neat way to ignite the tube first time. PS: The fact that you get about 10-20% more light (due to the high frequency drive) and longer lifetime (no burnouts) are good reasons to upgrade. Here in .dk it's often cheaper to buy a new armature with tube, than a spare tube... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [email protected] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
