Major Debacle wrote:
James Sweet wrote:

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...


No, "Lamp" is a correct term for a fluorescent "bulb", it's not really
a bulb afterall, but a tube.

That sounds like a slimline, I know I've seen fairly short slimline
lamps (tubes) at McLendon hardware near me, I can look next time I go
there. What is the diameter? I believe I've seen both T8 and T6.

This is the wrong length, but otherwise the sort I'm thinking
http://www.lbutampa.com/Lighting-Pro...t_Bulbs/S6471/


That picture looks exactly like the one I need to change. The diameter
of the tube is probably 3/4", so it would be a T6. I don't have it here
with me. Definitely not a T8. As for length, a two-pin slender style
tube of nominal size 21 inches fits this fixture.

I have run all this by several merchants who specialize in light bulbs
and none have even been able to come close.

I am probably going to have to change the fixtures.


Does it list the wattage? I'll look around and see what I can find.