[misc.consumers] Converting a florescent hood

richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) (12/13/89)

In article <21670@adm.BRL.MIL> moss@brl.mil (Gary S. Moss (VLD/VMB) <moss>) writes:
>Recently, I learned something regarding rapid-start ballasts and flourescent
>fixtures; certain, if not all such ballasts, require that a strip of metal
>grounded to the ballast be roughly within 1 inch of the bulb along its entire
>length.  

Does anyone know why ?