Quicktronic Professional Optimal electronic ballast. The Osram Quicktronic Professional Optimal is an electronic ballast for fluorescent lamps and compact fluorescent lamps. The Quicktronic Optimal is ideally suited for use with motion detectors. This electronic ballast from Osram is characterized by very high efficiency thanks to its shutdown technology. Suitable applications for the Quicktronic Professional Optimal include emergency lighting, industrial settings, offices, hallways, warehouses, public buildings, sports halls, runway lighting, and the modernization of existing systems. It ensures a long lifespan for the lamps without being affected by frequent on and off switching. Features include automatic restart after lamp replacement, perfect lamp starting for applications with motion detectors, and very high energy efficiency due to the shutdown technology. The lamp start is optimized by preheating the filament, and it automatically shuts off defective lamps as well as lamps at the end of their lifespan.