I use fluorescent lamps with electronic ballasts every day and I can say that they are reliable personally, I use Osram electronic ballasts, but this ballast exists and is sold in my country! They are definitely better than magnetic ballasts, as they offer a longer life to the lamp due to the delayed start that lasts about 2-3 seconds but unfortunately there are electronic ballasts mainly older ones where the lamp does not preheat, that is, it turns on immediately, this is of course bad for the fluorescent lamp! this is a good quality and reliable ballast and costs somewhere around 30-40$ if I am not mistaken
Yes. In the USA the lamps that turn on full brightness immediately without flickering or the ends glowing for a second or two are called instant start. Almost all, probably 9 out of 10 F32T8 lamps are operated from an instant start electronic ballast, which is harder on the lamps, but these lamps can also be used with rapid start or programmed start ballasts of which are available with 0-10 dimming capability, although this is very uncommon and costs about 3 times as much as an electronic instant start ballast. Some lamps have filaments that cannot be preheated and only suitable for use with instant start ballasts. Such lamps almost always have a single pin on each end and this is most commonly found on the 72 and 96 inch lamps, and much less common in the smaller lamps. There were also two bi-pin lamps made several years ago in the past that were for use only with instant start ballasts, the F40T12/IS & F40T17/IS lamps, the pins of these lamps are short circuited inside the end caps, making them in effect a single pin base, equivalent to the F48T12 lamps.
The lamp will last from the moment it warms up even a little, unlike other electronic ballasts that turn on immediately like an LED i have a T5 13W fluorescent lamp with electronic ballast, which unfortunately is one of those that immediately activates the lamp and the lamp continues to work even though it has been turned on and off many times moreover, the fluorescent lamp is very cheap, so replacing it does not cost anything Perhaps when it is with electronic ballast and is constantly turned on and off, the lamp may burn out faster If this does not happen constantly, the lamp will last for 10-15 years I prefer electronic ballasts and I want my lamp to consume 36W instead of 50 or 60W because of the losses that magnetic ballasts have, which reach 30% comfortably, while electronic ballasts only 4-5 and good electronic ballasts only 1-2%. electronic ballasts are always better
And fluorescent lamps, even with electronic ballasts, when they are turned on, are not immediately at full brightness, it takes about 1 minute for the gases inside the lamp to heat up, and after they heat up, the lamp reaches the full brightness that each lamp indicates
All these electronic ballasts that I use from Osram work like this, the lamp is not at full brightness at 100% after about 1 minute it reaches full brightness just like with the CFL energy saving lamps that we all once had in our homes and I once had, but not as much as the CFL lamps were quite dim until they warmed up, while the fluorescent lamps are not so dim at first they can shine at 70-80% brightness and when they warm up a little they shine at 100%
I'm glad the lamp got all fixed up for many more years and hopefully even decades of reliable operation.
You made the right choice of ballast, well done Lamppost👏
Oh, this had been a rapid Start Ballast. How neat.
we also have similar fixtures here in germany to light up tunnels!
I use fluorescent lamps with electronic ballasts every day and I can say that they are reliable personally, I use Osram electronic ballasts, but this ballast exists and is sold in my country! They are definitely better than magnetic ballasts, as they offer a longer life to the lamp due to the delayed start that lasts about 2-3 seconds but unfortunately there are electronic ballasts mainly older ones where the lamp does not preheat, that is, it turns on immediately, this is of course bad for the fluorescent lamp! this is a good quality and reliable ballast and costs somewhere around 30-40$ if I am not mistaken
Yes. In the USA the lamps that turn on full brightness immediately without flickering or the ends glowing for a second or two are called instant start. Almost all, probably 9 out of 10 F32T8 lamps are operated from an instant start electronic ballast, which is harder on the lamps, but these lamps can also be used with rapid start or programmed start ballasts of which are available with 0-10 dimming capability, although this is very uncommon and costs about 3 times as much as an electronic instant start ballast.
Some lamps have filaments that cannot be preheated and only suitable for use with instant start ballasts. Such lamps almost always have a single pin on each end and this is most commonly found on the 72 and 96 inch lamps, and much less common in the smaller lamps.
There were also two bi-pin lamps made several years ago in the past that were for use only with instant start ballasts, the F40T12/IS & F40T17/IS lamps, the pins of these lamps are short circuited inside the end caps, making them in effect a single pin base, equivalent to the F48T12 lamps.
The lamp will last from the moment it warms up even a little, unlike other electronic ballasts that turn on immediately like an LED i have a T5 13W fluorescent lamp with electronic ballast, which unfortunately is one of those that immediately activates the lamp and the lamp continues to work even though it has been turned on and off many times moreover, the fluorescent lamp is very cheap, so replacing it does not cost anything Perhaps when it is with electronic ballast and is constantly turned on and off, the lamp may burn out faster If this does not happen constantly, the lamp will last for 10-15 years I prefer electronic ballasts and I want my lamp to consume 36W instead of 50 or 60W because of the losses that magnetic ballasts have, which reach 30% comfortably, while electronic ballasts only 4-5 and good electronic ballasts only 1-2%. electronic ballasts are always better
And fluorescent lamps, even with electronic ballasts, when they are turned on, are not immediately at full brightness, it takes about 1 minute for the gases inside the lamp to heat up, and after they heat up, the lamp reaches the full brightness that each lamp indicates
All these electronic ballasts that I use from Osram work like this, the lamp is not at full brightness at 100% after about 1 minute it reaches full brightness just like with the CFL energy saving lamps that we all once had in our homes and I once had, but not as much as the CFL lamps were quite dim until they warmed up, while the fluorescent lamps are not so dim at first they can shine at 70-80% brightness and when they warm up a little they shine at 100%
Sad story for this 40w tube 😢
1:00 23/09/24 it lasted just 3 months 😐
No, just a day.
Plus that it was a 40W TLM.
@@Richard1977shorted ballast certainly
Show, parabéns!!!👏👏
Hello fellow collectors, I would like to be able to exchange with you.