>"Mark Harrarse Lying Criminal Retard"
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>> I have an old Philips 15W unit with a rounded cubical base and four
>> straight parallel tubes coming out that join at the ends to form the
>> ionisation path.
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>** That sounds like a magnetic ballast fluoro lamp with replaceable compact
>tube.
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>Not the same thing at all as the **electronic ballast** 240 volt CFLs that
>we are all being forced to use these days.
They did make CFLs with replaceable tubes in the mid 90s, I've got a 20W model that uses an 18W Philips lamp, Condor brand electronic ballast made in China.
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