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Re: GBlist: Fluorescent Lights: off or on?
One more thing about modern Flourescents. I read an article somewhere not
long ago that said when you consider bulb and balast life the best policy
is when you turn a flourescent light on leave it on long enough to warm up
to operating temps. When you turn one off, leave it off at least until it
cools. This is about a minute either way. Short cycling does really hurt
bulb life and has some bad effects of balasts as well.
-->paul
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