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Old 09-24-2014, 12:12 PM
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The glass Amperite ballasts contain hydrogen gas which reacts with the iron wire to form a type of current regulation.

That's what they mean by Automatic Regulator on the box.

(edit) I just read the pdf link above which explains it nicely

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