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?
I hope that my mate has still got some 6 foot tubes in his stock room however the tube in my kitchen light seems to be behaving itself again now the only thing I did to it was to take out the starter and refit it maybe that was enough. . .
It is more that possible that in a cold and occasionally damp environment some corrosion can take place on the contacts. You may well have fixed the problem for several years.
I hope that my mate has still got some 6 foot tubes in his stock room however the tube in my kitchen light seems to be behaving itself again now the only thing I did to it was to take out the starter and refit it maybe that was enough. . .
It is more that possible that in a cold and occasionally damp environment some corrosion can take place on the contacts. You may well have fixed the problem for several years.
