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Re: [APD] Hallelujah! - Ballast Nirvana



Glad to hear you found a solution Jerry, without having to swap out bulbs.

PF is power factor?  91 percent is darn good!

Gordon

On 2/24/06, Jerry Baker <jerry at bakerweb_biz> wrote:
> Jerry Baker wrote:
> > The lights have been running for about a half hour
> > with no malfunction other than some brief flickering
> > a minute or two after starting up.
>
> The flickering occurs right when the ballast reaches maximum output and
> lasts for about 5 seconds. My Kill-a-Watt meter reports the following:
>
> V : 121.5
> A : 1.50
> W : 168
> VA: 181
> PF: 0.91
>
> The values fluctuate a bit in real-time, that's why they don't calculate
> exactly here.
>
> --
> Jerry Baker
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