Abstract: According to this invention, there is provided a method for starting a gas-conducting lamp, by which a gas-conducting lamp is started directly by a high-voltage without pre-heating of filament. Such a high-voltage is realized by an inductor-capator resonant circuit (LC resonant circuit) or a tap of an inductor. According to this invention, there is also provided a gas-conducting lamp for carring-out the abovementioned method. The method according to this invention is simple and effective and is adapted to the use of a gas-conducting lamp without filament or that with filament which has been broken or has failed.