Preheat fluorescent disease? « on: February 27, 2022, 12:01:53 AM » Author: WorldwideHIDCollectorUSA
While everybody seems to talk about the so-called Westinghouse Lifeguard disease, I have personally been infected with preheat fluorescent disease, which is a condition where preheat fluorescent tubes and ballasts eat up my wallet of money all the time. In addition, with that disease, for every 4 pin fluorescent tube I touch, it automatically gets used on a preheat fluorescent tube ballast. Does anyone else have preheat fluorescent disease too?
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	Re: Preheat fluorescent disease? « Reply #1 on: February 27, 2022, 12:41:12 AM » Author: 108CAM
I've definitely got it. I miss my childhood days when I was silly and turned off the lights in public buildings just so I could see all the tubes flickering and flashing when my parents made me turn the lights back on. All the fluorescent light fixtures in my collection are preheat
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