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Old 25th Sep 2010, 8:42 pm   #8
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Default Re: Obsolete fluorescent light fittings

I think these were the very first commercial electronic ballasts, and the stripe was connected to earth potential to aid starting. I seem to remember them being marketed at the time as ' slickstart'.
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