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Old 02-20-2002, 10:03 PM   #1 (permalink)
viptanner
 
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A starter is roughly $1.25. One starter is used for each lamp to start the lamp, after that, it serves no additional purpose.
Soooo why would you change your starters when you change your lamps if all of the starters were working before? Do you change your ballasts with each lamp change? So does a starter just go out, or does it slowly wear out? If it wears out, does it effect the life of the lamp that it is lighting in any way? and does moving your starter to the next lamp periodically help prolong the life of your lamps, or wear your lamps evenly if this is the case?
I would really like to get the low down on this issue. I don't just change my starters JUST BECAUSE, and if I should change them then I'd like to know just why, since I would be spending an additional $37.50 per bed. Is it really worth it? I'm not a cheapskate, I just want some intelligent reason why I should do this and spend this extra money. [ This Message was edited by: viptanner on 2002-02-20 22:17 ]
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