Inventors:
James G. Helmuth - Monrovia CA
Assignee:
Chadwick-Helmuth Company, Inc. - Monrovia CA
International Classification:
H05B 4116
H05B 4124
Abstract:
A starting device for a gas discharge lamp, to whose electrodes AC voltage is applied, comprises: A. first means electrically connected with at least one lamp electrode to apply to the lamp a transient voltage pulse which initially changes in amplitude in a polarity direction relatively in opposition to the polarity of the main voltage simultaneously supplied to the electrodes, B. said first means including circuitry to cause said pulse to thereafter change in amplitude in a polarity direction in aid of the polarity of the main voltage simultaneously supplied to the electrodes.