Ballast specs show little more than just bulb compatibility. Here is one ballast supplier that retracted compatibility with the G6T5 germicidal bulb and now only shows standard fluorescent bulb compatibility i.e. their 2D12-1-9 ballast for the regular F6T5 bulb...
There are several manufacturers of the G6T5 germicidal bulb, but their specs are pretty skimpy e.g. I have not seen a spec for 'strike' (aka 'arc') voltage or filament current.
Here is a spec for Eiko's G6T5 bulb...
Hello,
I'm new here and I'm not sure if this post belongs here or in a physics forum, but here goes.
I'm working on a project to power a 6W (bulb input power) UVC bulb from a low voltage DC battery source (4.5 VDC). This of course requires a high efficiency ballast between the DC supply...