Electrical System Requirements

Ensure that the battery and the harness are capable of supplying up to 20 amps of current per ballast, with less than 2 volts of system loss or voltage drop. Each ballast requires the 20 amps in order to ensure normal startup and run up of the lamp. (Run up is the term used to describe the extra power level given to the bulb from the -360 volt ballast output.) The input current during the steady state operation is 3.4 amps at 12.8 volts.