Ram Shani Posted January 24, 2004 Posted January 24, 2004 hi how to make good flurasent to fliker?? (industreal and kinos) ram
Sivanesan Posted January 24, 2004 Posted January 24, 2004 hi ram, by chance r u in chennai......... if u are in chennai mail me at sivanesan2000@rediffmail.com Regards Sivanesan
Premium Member Kevin Zanit Posted January 24, 2004 Premium Member Posted January 24, 2004 You could hook the ballast up to a dimmer, that will cause it to flicker (although not great for the ballast, but as someone said on CML "Don?t be gentle, its a rental ;) ) Kevin Zanit
Mitch Gross Posted January 24, 2004 Posted January 24, 2004 Kino Flo makes a ballast that can be set to flicker, and you can adjust the rate and duration of the flicker. If you put a dimmer on a standard Kino Flo ballast you will burn the unit out, which is an expensive repair.
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted January 27, 2004 Premium Member Posted January 27, 2004 Reducing the voltage on a conventional ballast will usually result in noticeable flicker. The SCR dimmer is more likely to cause the ballast to overheat than using a variac.
Ram Shani Posted January 27, 2004 Author Posted January 27, 2004 hi thanks for all the replys what is a variac?? ram :D
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted January 28, 2004 Premium Member Posted January 28, 2004 A "variac" is an autotransformer that has an adjustable tap, so AC voltage can be varied. Has the advantage that it maintains the sinusoidal waveform of the power without "clipping" the waveform as an SCR dimmer would.
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