> What I've never figured out was, why the light was $8-$10, but a
>replacement ballast is $15-$20. Cheaper to just buy a new light, though
>it offends my sensibilities.
You are probably getting a better ballast when you buy a
replacement. My biggest problem with the cheap lights
is that they have low quality 50 degree ballasts that
flicker, etc. If your shop is not heated, your light output
can be severely limited by them.
Wayne Burstein (who just put in $60 4-tube lights with
diffusers)
wburstein@genicom.com
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