Has anyone had any bad experiences with the Philips RELB-2S40-N ballasts
as replacements?

I bought four the other day; two were bad out of the wrapper, and one
failed within an hour. The fourth has four days on it with no apparent
issues. I have scoured the internet to the extent of my abilities, and
not found ONE complaint about the reliability of these units.

(and it doesn't make much sense that _even_Philips_ would put out
something that bad in large quantities)

I'm figuring, I must've gotten some from a bad batch...

Anyone else seen this?

Lloyd