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elec·tri·cal bal·last

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  1. Electrical ballast

    An electrical ballast is a device placed in series with a load to limit the amount of current in an electrical circuit. A familiar and widely used example is the inductive ballast used in fluorescent lamps to limit the current through the tube, which would otherwise rise to a destructive level due to the negative differential resistance of the tube's voltage-current characteristic. Ballasts vary greatly in complexity. They may be as simple as a resistor, inductor, or capacitor (or a combination of these) wired in series with the lamp; or as complex as the electronic ballasts used in compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and high-intensity discharge lamps (HID lamps).

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  1. Electrical ballast

    An electrical ballast is a device intended to limit the amount of current in an electric circuit. A familiar and widely used example is the inductive ballast used in fluorescent lamps, to limit the current through the tube, which would otherwise rise to destructive levels due to the tube's negative resistance characteristic. Ballasts vary in design complexity. They can be as simple as a series resistor or inductor, capacitors, or a combination thereof or as complex as electronic ballasts used with fluorescent lamps and HIDs.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of electrical ballast in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of electrical ballast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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  • الصابورة الكهربائيةArabic
  • elektrický předřadníkCzech
  • ηλεκτρικό έρμαGreek
  • Ballast électriqueFrench
  • alimentatore elettricoItalian
  • மின் நிலைப்படுத்தல்Tamil

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