An electrical ballast (sometimes called control gear) is a device intended to limit the amount of current in an electric circuit.

Ballasts vary greatly in complexity. They can be as simple as a series resistor as commonly used with small neon lamps or light-emitting diodes (LEDs). For higher-power installations, too much energy would be wasted in a resistive ballast, so alternatives are used that depend upon the reactance of inductors, capacitors, or both. Finally, ballasts can be as complex as the computerized, remote-controlled electronic ballasts now often used with fluorescent lamps.

For the most part, the ballasts we carry are for your fluorescent lighting fixtures, but we may offer more in the future, or as the need arises.

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