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Running a F30T8 Duro Test preheat on rapid start... « on: June 18, 2011, 01:10:14 AM » Author: Powell
It takes a little aid to start these lamps!!  I have 2 wires attached to one end, and tap a Gel 12 volt battery to the other end of the wires. If you tap it fast, the bulb blinks like a preheat till it runs. If you hold it a fraction longer  it comes on fine. Once off you have to repeat to start.....I have a case of these. I have a solid state ballast to place in the fixture, but it's been fun using it to kill EOL lamps!

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Re: Running a F30T8 Duro Test preheat on rapid start... « Reply #1 on: June 18, 2011, 03:23:33 PM » Author: thornemi
Quote from: Powell on June 18, 2011, 01:10:14 AM
But it's been fun using it to kill EOL lamps!



Bloody brilliant, I do this with a Chinese Crompton lamp on one end of the fixture and the victim on the other :D
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