Howdy,
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Randall wrote:
> I believe it's the tube that needs to be warm.
>
> Just letting them flicker might shorten bulb life a bit (I think each
> flicker is like another starting cycle); but I don't believe it's very
> much. One of mine flickers below 60, and I haven't noticed that it burns
> bulbs out any quicker than the other fixtures.
My old shop had the old style ballasts on the lights. They'd flicker for
a while when it was cold out (this was in PA winter) and sometimes
would take a decent while to turn on at all. Never had any real problem
other than that.
Mark
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