I had an idea to put an old 4 foot flu lamp on top of my kitchen cupboards to give a decent light enough to see to get a drink etc without turning on the main 8 foot flu lamp. The 4 footer was rated at 36 Watts the 8 foot one at 100 Watts so I thought I could leave the little one on for a few hours without racking up my bill too much. Anyhow I left it running this evening I just went out there my kitchen smells of burning and the fitting is super hot it burnt my finger. Also it tripped the RCD For that socket circuit The fitting was on its side whilst lit that should of been OK don't understand why it died. I tried powering it again around 2 seconds after plugging in the rcd tripped again Grrrr
probably the choke has got too hot, and either you have a winding to core short, or some pvc run past it and now gives a live or neutral to chassis short. I imagine opening it up will reveal all..
probably the choke has got too hot, and either you have a winding to core short, or some pvc run past it and now gives a live or neutral to chassis short. I imagine opening it up will reveal all..
