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Old 27th September 2007, 10:48 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Default Re: Electronic balast??

A magnetic ballast has two coils and magnetically transfer the current from one coil to the other without any physical connection. Essentially a transformer.

A choke ballast or inductor is a single coil that is electrically coupled to line voltage, no magnetic transfer.
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