Dave wrote:
First time I've ever bought one of these LL lamps (sad,,, sad). Anyway, It's 20W
equiv. light of 100W and has three long U shaped tubes. When switched on, only
two of the tubes light up (takes about 1 minute to reach full brilliance). But
it takes a few minutes longer before the third tube shows any light at all! Is
this normal operation?
tia

Nope.
All the ones I've ever had fire up immediately giving about 75 - 80% of
full output for the first minute or so before kicking it to full bore,
eye blinding, moth zapping, wishywashy, general purpose ilumination.

I think the most I have fitted is 11W beasts though.

You must need welding goggles to look at a 20W one !

:¬))

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