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Originally Posted by avocollector
One query though - did the UK have a panic over some of the components of the holders? - (fluorocarbons or something either in the starters or the ballast resistor) Here in NZ there was mass horror at this and heaps of fluorescents were trashed thanks to it.
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PCBs - quite nasty substances, and they were in a lot of old fittings used here.
If you really have a couple of PCB-containing fittings, you'll need to talk to your local council or the EPA when it comes time to replace and dispose of them - see
https://www.epa.govt.nz/industry-are...iphenyls-pcbs/