electrical question (OT)

[Ron Nossaman]

>Take one to the hardware store and get two new ones.  They are the
>little cans about the size of a half roll of quarters.
>
>		Newton

Your age is showing, old friend. Those are starters. Ballasts are the
rectangular transformer type wire festooned box things that buzz, melt
down, ooze toxic goo, and represent the bulk of the cost of the fixture. 

Ron N