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Dual fluorescent fitting - help please
HI All
Another weird thing.... g I 'won' a couple of double fluorescent fittings - probably 2ft tubes - a pair of them. They seem to share a common ballast - but each tube has its own separate starter. When switched on, only one tube strikes. With the other one I can see the heaters on - but it won't strike. If, after the first tube has struck I remove the starter from the 'dead' tube, it will then light - but won't light from cold. Swapping the starters makes the fault move from tube to tube. Swapping a starter from a working 4ft single unit into the fault starter position doesn't improve the situation. The 'faulty' starter works fine on the 4ft single unit. I'm confused ! Are there different types of starters - or is there likely to be a fault on the twin ballast ? Any suggestions (apart from 'go buy a new unit !) Thanks Adrian - Suffolk UK ======return email munged================= take out the papers and the trash to reply |
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You are using 2 x 2' series starters , aren't you??
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Adrian Brentnall wrote:
HI All Another weird thing.... g I 'won' a couple of double fluorescent fittings - probably 2ft tubes - a pair of them. They seem to share a common ballast - but each tube has its own separate starter. When switched on, only one tube strikes. With the other one I can see the heaters on - but it won't strike. If, after the first tube has struck I remove the starter from the 'dead' tube, it will then light - but won't light from cold. Swapping the starters makes the fault move from tube to tube. Swapping a starter from a working 4ft single unit into the fault starter position doesn't improve the situation. The 'faulty' starter works fine on the 4ft single unit. I'm confused ! Are there different types of starters - or is there likely to be a fault on the twin ballast ? Any suggestions (apart from 'go buy a new unit !) Thanks Adrian - Suffolk UK ======return email munged================= take out the papers and the trash to reply you've got the wrong type of starter in it. 50p and you're done. NT |
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Thanks for the reponses I'd (wrongly) assumed that a starter is a starter is a starter..... I'll take the one that works and see my friendly local electrical supplier - don't know if they'll sell me just the one, though..... The light is installed in the garage so that SWMBO can get to the tumble-dryer without falling over all of my 'projects'...... "Yes - very nice dear - but can't you get _both_ tubes to light up"...... g Thanks again ! Adrian ======return email munged================= take out the papers and the trash to reply |
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