If you like the lamp very much, what you can do is buy a new lamp, new
sockets, and a new ballast. You take the lamp apart and re-work in the
new parts.

If you do not feel qualified to customize the lamp, there are
appliance service shops that can do this type of work. The labour
would be a bit expensive, but worth it for a good lamp that you like.

Jerry G.



On May 26, 5:56*pm, Major Debacle
wrote:
Hi,

I need an FSL-520-D Japanese style fluorescent lamp. It is unlike an
American style lamp in that it only has one electrode at each end. An
American style lamp flickers and overheats when plugged into this
Japanese style fixture. Does anyone know where I might be able to
procure these FSL-520-D Japanese style fluorescent lamps?

The AC voltage across this Japanese fluorescent fixture when plugged
into a 110-120 American socket is about 600 volts measured with a
standard American multimeter. Just for my own edification, does anyone
know how this kind of fixture differs in its operation from an American
style fluorescent fixture?