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hi ram,

by chance r u in chennai......... if u are in chennai mail me at

sivanesan2000@rediffmail.com

 

Regards

Sivanesan

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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

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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.

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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.

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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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