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Subject: Using 2-pronged

From: "b3nzilla" <b3nzilla@...>
Date: 2011-11-02

Hi all,

After many hard-fought battles with different inkjet printers, I've decided to try using the UV method with negative photoresist.

I'm wondering if anyone knows enough about the operation of UV ballasts to offer advice:
I have an old lamp designed to take short, straight fluorescent tunes with ballasts on each end (4 pins in total). I'm wondering if that lamp will be compatible with this U-shaped bug killing bulb: http://www.homedepot.ca/product/ultraviolet-replacement-bulb-for-bk-80acan-insect-killer/945544 . Of course I'll make sure it fits, but I'm wondering if it's electronically compatible.

From the fluorescent-light Wikipedia page, I'm having a hard time figuring out if the operation on both ends is symmetric.