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Offline MercuryVapor175

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F13T5
« on: March 08, 2012, 04:53:12 PM »
I can't start a F13T5 lamp with a FS-2 glow starter and a choke ballast. Why? Shouldn't F13T5 be preheat start?
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Re: F13T5
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2012, 07:11:16 PM »
They have too high of an arc voltage to be used on a 120v choke, and so use an autotransformer ballast with FS4 starters like 3' and 4' lamps.
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