My kitchen fluorescent lamp which is 6 foot 100 watt unit wouldn't light tonite the starter flickered but no sign of any tube activity. It was very cold in the kitchen so I put the boiler on which warmed things up nicely I tried the tube again and although a bit sluggish it lit ( maybe my swearing at it helped) my question is do you think it's just because the tubes old and doesn't like the cold or is there something else going on?
Hi PW235 The reasons for not wanting to go for LEDs is partly because I just don't like the look of them the flickeryness bothers me a bit the main reason is that this technology has been forced on us by the green brigade the only 2 greenies I've met in real life were so aggressive in telling me what I can and can't use they were both really nasty about it one was a bloke at work the other was a distant relative. Wwhen people get nasty with me like that I dig my heals in and won't do what they say. Incidentally I have a decent collection of incandescent bulbs now donated to me by friends who are going down the CFL/LED route. Also a real bulb in my standard lamp over my chair gives a welcome bit of extra warmth
Hi PW235 The reasons for not wanting to go for LEDs is partly because I just don't like the look of them the flickeryness bothers me a bit the main reason is that this technology has been forced on us by the green brigade the only 2 greenies I've met in real life were so aggressive in telling me what I can and can't use they were both really nasty about it one was a bloke at work the other was a distant relative. Wwhen people get nasty with me like that I dig my heals in and won't do what they say. Incidentally I have a decent collection of incandescent bulbs now donated to me by friends who are going down the CFL/LED route. Also a real bulb in my standard lamp over my chair gives a welcome bit of extra warmth
