The reason you can't use a rheostat...

Posted by Mr. D on February 20, 2002 at 23:32:46:

In Reply to: Ordering Active UV's... a last question posted by Tmom on February 20, 2002 at 22:58:00:

Fairly "simple". These bulbs are self-ballasted. They need full power for proper output. Running them on a rheostat risks easily burning out the ballast and rendering the bulb useless far before it's time....

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