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Need Help - Fluorescent Lighting Ballasts

 
 
Reply Tue 20 Jan, 2004 04:38 am
In the world of fluorescent lighting, are things backward-compatable? In particular, is it ok to run/push a 15 watt fl. bulb with a 20 or 40 watt ballast?

I know that pushing a 40 watt bulb with a 15 watt ballast will burn up the bulb and/or ballast, but I'm wondering if it's ok the other way around.

(We're talking normal output here, not compact fluorescent or anything fancy)

Thanks!
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Reply Tue 20 Jan, 2004 04:51 am
20 watt should be OK. I'd expect the 40 watt one would just make it turn on faster. Don't know what it would do to the life of the tube!
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