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?
The 'twin packs' of 6ft fittings were produced mainly for commercial projects. They were single 6ft fittings sold in pairs - one lead/one lag - to correct the power factor when used in shops/factories which often had 3 phase supplies and getting the PF as near to unity could save money.
Yes, they had a capacitor in series with the ballast.
I installed many of them when they first came out and unfortunately for a while the capacitor was prone to failure.
Usually it would become a short circuit, the lamp would not light properly and the short would toast everything else in the circuit so that the whole fitting needed replacing.
The local Edmundsons got a bit fed up with me bringing in returns.
The 'twin packs' of 6ft fittings were produced mainly for commercial projects. They were single 6ft fittings sold in pairs - one lead/one lag - to correct the power factor when used in shops/factories which often had 3 phase supplies and getting the PF as near to unity could save money.
Yes, they had a capacitor in series with the ballast.
I installed many of them when they first came out and unfortunately for a while the capacitor was prone to failure.
Usually it would become a short circuit, the lamp would not light properly and the short would toast everything else in the circuit so that the whole fitting needed replacing.
The local Edmundsons got a bit fed up with me bringing in returns.
