On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:04:29 +0100, Harry Bloomfield
mused:

Andy Burns used his keyboard to write :
On 19/08/2007 21:54, Harry Bloomfield wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...#Ballast_Types
"100-125w glowstarters for 8' tubes only"
Did you mean 6' tubes?

I wasn't editing that section, that was just the section which was upsetting
the wiki.

But searching for available tubes seems to show 1800mm (~6') tubes are 70W
and 2400mm (~8') ones either 100W or 125W, so the wiki seems correct.

On thinking about it you are correct, it is just such a long time since
I last came across an 8' tube. With the slim line tubes having almost
universally replaced the fat ones, I doubt they even make the 8' now.

I still fit and replace 8' fittings and tubes and can buy them by the
carton or singly.
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Regards,
Stuart.