[jones57742]

emc:

Is really odd for you to be asking the question and not Ron!

I presume that the lights to which you are referring are fluorescent.

The ballast and not the lights is the problem.

An electronic ballast will fire up the lights quickly and quietly as well as be much more efficient than an analog ballast (these are my words as I am no electrician).

If you have quality Tx lighting the ballast is probably external to the fixture and replacing your current ballast with an electronic ballast "should be" no problem.

If your lighting is PC, MH, etc then you probably have ballasts which are internal to the fixture. My proficiency with a soldering iron is much less than yours and I would be SOL with respect to ballast retrofitting in the fixtures for these lightings.

TR