The role of the lamp capacitor
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The capacitor is (in most common fluorescent lamp circuits) is for power factor correction. Since there is a coil in the ballast, the capacitor is used to bring the power factor back towards unity. Probably not such a big deal when you consider individual lamps in homes, but when you start looking at hundreds or thousands (aggregate of homes or ...