Calculating Lamp Resistance & Voltage for 18W Tubelight

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Start date Jul 8, 2009
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Lamp Resistance Voltage

Jul 8, 2009

pd_du26rt

how to calculate lamp resistance and lamp voltage to light up a 18W tubelight?

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Jul 11, 2009

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Voltage should be one of the specifications. If the only information we have is 18W, it's impossible to answer this.

Jul 11, 2009

negitron

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And what's a tubelight? Fluorescent? Incandescent?

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