The life of the ballast can be quite long as it is only an inductor and capacitor. And, when you add to that the fact that this high current crest factor ballast destroys lamps rather quickly, you can see that the ballast should outlast many lamps :-)
-- Vic Roberts http://www.RobertsResearchInc.com To reply via e-mail: replace xxx with vdr in the Reply to: address or use e-mail address listed at the Web site.
And of course the short life will be blamed on the lamps! ==Sigh==
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Jeff Waymouth Fluorescent Applications Engineer OSRAM SYLVANIA jeff.waymouth@ sylvania.com --- business email address
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