Articles for tag: Ballast

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Xentec HID Headlights Review

HID (high intensity discharge) headlights are becoming more and more popular today in automobiles. Partially because a lot of people like the look of them, and secondly because they provide a brighter, purer light. They are a nice upgrade from stock halogen bulbs and are extremely easy to install, most of the time called plug ...

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Disaster Onboard the S.S. Eastland, 1915

The Eastland was docked 20 feet from shore, riding high on 20 feet of water. When it rolled over, 844 people died — within five minutes. There had been problems with the Eastland ever since she was built. She rode too high in the water, for one thing, and she had a tendency to list ...

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The Best New Fitness Equipment for You to Try at Home

Sometimes your workout is missing something, or could be better if only you had a better designed piece of equipment. At the same time, several new pieces of fitness equipment are made every year that guarantee quick results and promise to be the only fitness equipment you will ever need. Even though this is not ...

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3 Top Microbreweries in San Diego, CA

San Diego is a wonderful place to eat, drink and party. No matter what mood you are in, there is a restaurant to fit your taste. With so many restaurants, it is only natural that beer and wine would be made locally. San Diego is a great place for microbreweries. Located throughout the county, are ...

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How to Change a Fluorescent Light Ballast

For those who don’t like climbing a ladder and changing light bulbs all the time, fluorescent bulbs are a godsend. They last much longer than a standard light bulb, and still aren’t that challenging to change when they start to flicker or burn out. But sometimes it is not the light itself that is the ...

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A Brief History of the Submarine

Submarines can run on the surface of the water and under water and a military submarine is a warship. By definition warships carry guns and other weapons that navies use for war. Through history, navies have tried to build submarines that are both fast and able to submerge deep under water. A submerged submarine is ...