James Sweet wrote:
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?


Do you have a picture of the lamp? If it has 600V then it uses an
electronic ballast. The -D suffix just indicates Daylight (6500K) color
temperature phosphor. Shouldn't be too hard to find something that'll work.

Perhaps I should have used the word "bulb" instead of "lamp", for it is
the fluorescent bulb which has burned out and needs replacing. The
fixture is in good shape. This omission on my part may or may not have
caused confusion. The fixture itself is built into a cabinet and the
electrical guts are inside a cavity. The back of the cabinet would have
to be removed to get to them.

The fluorescent bulb which has burned out looks like any American style
bulb except that it has just one nubby electrode at each end instead of
two pins. A standard 21 inch, American style, two pin fluorescent bulb
will fit in this fixture, but it flickers and gets extremely hot at the
ends. I've called a couple of light bulb suppliers in the area and
neither was able to help. I have an email in to Technico Marine,
http://www.technicomarine.com/ and I'm waiting for a reply. If you have
any suggestions on where else to go for this bulb, please post.

Thanks...