The extra power requred to start the lights is really minor. The bigest impact that frequent starting has, is to decrease the life of the lamps.
Fluorescents & Wits End...
- Thread starter steamhead
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I've noticed that the contacts in the "tombstones" of the cheap fixtures that I've worked on are made of thin brass. A couple of the fixtures at my church have the "tombstones" pretty much toasted. I decided to buy some spares to repair the fixtures instead of trying to replace the assembly, and noticed that the spares I bought at HD have solid brass contacts about 1/8 inch thick with good springs behind them instead of thin sheet brass!