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Abstract
There has been increasing interest among lamp and ballast manufacturers for a testing procedure to determine the peak and rms starting volt relationships for fluorescent lamps. This paper discusses a preferred starting volt procedure along with typical test results for single and multilamp rapid start circuits. These peak/rms relationships are shown as a function of starting aid distance, fill gas pressure and composition, cathode heat, and starting capacitor size for various F40 lamp types.