Just remember, the 2 watts is lamp wattage and does not include ballast
losses.

Lew

Lew, can you give some rough idea of what kind of ballast losses can
be estimated? It probably depends on the quality of the ballast, but
is there a rough rule-of-thumb for typical medium quality-line Home
Depot fixtures?

thanks-





"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message link.net...
"Mike Hide" writes:

Thanks Lew It was apprecieted, the figure of 2 watts per square foot makes
it general regardless of what kind of configuration used .....mjh


Just remember, the 2 watts is lamp wattage and does not include ballast
losses.

Lew