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    70W HPS bulb on 230V mains with No Ballast - Just trips the MCB :(

    So today I did a little experiment and thought I would see what would happen if one powered up a 70W HPS bulb with an internal ignitor directly on the 230v mains without using a ballast. Sadly not much happened other than a brief flash for a fraction of a second before the MCB for the circuit...
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    • 70w ballast discharge lamp discharge light hps ignitor light light bulb sodium
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