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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 2729228, member: 301"]depends what's inside the cup....</p><p><br /></p><p>In a fluorescent lighting system, the ballast regulates the current to the lamps and provides sufficient voltage to start the lamps. Without a ballast to limit its current, a fluorescent lamp connected directly to a high voltage <b>power</b> source would rapidly and uncontrollably increase its current draw...</p><p><br /></p><p>I've seen those two screws before ...for wires that go from one base to another with several low voltage mini lamps strung across the wires..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 2729228, member: 301"]depends what's inside the cup.... In a fluorescent lighting system, the ballast regulates the current to the lamps and provides sufficient voltage to start the lamps. Without a ballast to limit its current, a fluorescent lamp connected directly to a high voltage [B]power[/B] source would rapidly and uncontrollably increase its current draw... I've seen those two screws before ...for wires that go from one base to another with several low voltage mini lamps strung across the wires..[/QUOTE]
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