Ballast

2-3-330

Equipment used with discharge lamps for stabilizing the discharge.

Note 1: A ballast may be resistive, inductive or capacitive, or a combination of these.

Note 2: The ballast may also be used, either alone or in combination with a starter, to light the lamp. The starter may be incorporated in the ballast.

Reference: C.I.E.

Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)

English  • español