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harry wrote:

On Apr 25, 4:59=EF=BF=BDpm, Peter wrote:
On 4/24/2010 9:10 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:

wrote:

I cannibalized an unused FS-2 starter I found in my "junk box" and wired
in it's glow bulb in place of the defective glow bulb I clipped out.
To my surprise and disappointment, when I replaced the CFL bulb,
plugged in the fixture and turned it on, the fixture and the glow bulb
both continuously flickered. I waited about 5-10 seconds to see if it
would stabilze; it didn't. I turned off the fixture, waited about 10
seconds, tried again with the same result. then added the capacitor
from the FS-2 in parallel with the glow bulb (as it was wired within
the FS-2). Same behavior.

Should I assume that the glow bulb from the FS-2 is mismatched to this
circuit (although the CLF is 18W and the FS-2 is rated for 14, 15, and
20W bulbs) or that something else is wrong in the circuit?
Should I buy a starter with a higher rating and try again with that?

The capacitor is for power factor correction. Doesn't matter wheather
it's there or not.

The capacitor inside some fluorescent lamp starters is for radio
interference supression. I have noticed sometimes that the lamp starts a
little more easily with this capacitor.

Inside an FS-2 starter is not where a power factor correction capacitor
would be found.

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- Don Klipstein )