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
Old wound fluorescent chokes ran hot in normal use. Under faulty conditions they get even hotter. Screw-u-fix used to sell old style fluorescent fittings but only L.E.D. types now, but fleabay lists new fluoescent fittings, old stock but new and unused. I recently had a brain meltdown and bought 10 x 4 footers as some of my customers prefer them for kitchens or garages etc. Or they want the original replaced if it becomes faulty. Some modern L.E.D. batten fittings produce a ghostly grey light quality. That is depressing. I like warm white myself, or true white, not grey white or northlight.
Old wound fluorescent chokes ran hot in normal use. Under faulty conditions they get even hotter. Screw-u-fix used to sell old style fluorescent fittings but only L.E.D. types now, but fleabay lists new fluoescent fittings, old stock but new and unused. I recently had a brain meltdown and bought 10 x 4 footers as some of my customers prefer them for kitchens or garages etc. Or they want the original replaced if it becomes faulty. Some modern L.E.D. batten fittings produce a ghostly grey light quality. That is depressing. I like warm white myself, or true white, not grey white or northlight.
