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Re: Kino Flo 30W tubes
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 4:29 pm
by lasagafield
I only got a 30w.
Re: Kino Flo 30W tubes
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 11:22 am
by Funkybulb
your 30 watt choke is a arc voltage miss-match
design to run 85-90 volt 3 feet fluorescent lamp
I can barely switch start them on 20 watt and 8 watt chokes.
the lamp you have is same arc voltage as your 14 watt one. but run twice the current 800 mA
A bug zapper choke will work nicely.
Re: Kino Flo 30W tubes
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 8:02 pm
by lasagafield
I'll keep an eye out for one.
Worst comes to worst I could always try winding one from scratch.
It'll be coarse but can't be any more coarse than the current combination of swapping tubes/chokes out in series/parallel and hoping blindly for a winning combo.