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Originally Posted by mr.c
It has been a bit chilly here in N.Florida as well. It has been below freezing for about 8-10 hours for several mornings with 20 degrees for several hours several days ago. The day that it was 20 outside it was 51 degrees in my well insulated steel building. The flourescent lights don't want to start at that temperature and when they do,they aren't very bright. So visibility is not really good enough for some work. It is probably not the best thing for ballasts either.
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You may not need them in N. FL, but I installed the low temp fluorescent lights and ballasts. They start up even below zero. They sometimes take a couple of minutes to get to full brightness when it's really cold.
Ian