[geeks] living cheap (moved from rescue@)

[Brian Dunbar]

cool.  thanks.

~brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hebel [mailto:nimitz at owc.net]
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:50 AM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [geeks] living cheap (moved from rescue@)


Brian Dunbar wrote:

> Dumb question time.  I know what ballast is on a boat.  James, from your
> comment 'ballast' in a fluorescent is not quite the same.  What they 
> hey is
> florescent ballast and/or what is it for?

http://www.howstuffworks.com/fluorescent-lamp.htm

More information than you ever wanted. ;-)

Watchout for pop-ups though.

Mike Hebel