Joseph Meehan wrote:
"Vlad" wrote in message
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Dump them in the **** can and get some CFL's.
That heat you feel is your electric meter spinning wildly from the
inefficiency
of the ballasts.


A better idea would likely be to replace the existing ballast with
electronic ones (which are what the CFL use anyway.


For sure, when it comes to waste/efficiency magnetic ballasts are the
SUVs of fluorescent lamp control.