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09/14/2010, 11:14 AM
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Does metal halide ballast consume power when no bulb plugged in?
As title state, does it?
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09/14/2010, 12:07 PM
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Nope..maybe a few mA if there is some electronic monitoring circuitry in there.
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09/14/2010, 12:21 PM
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Depends on the type of ballast. Some energy will be consumed, in both electronic and magnetic ballasts. Most electronic ballasts will likely shutdown in a protect mode, but have a draw for their logic supplies and SMPS front ends. Magnetic ballasts will have losses in the coils and act as a big inductor on your power line
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09/14/2010, 12:38 PM
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Yeah I think maybe pennies worth a month.
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