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My flu lamp died

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
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  • Kelly


    I replaced my under cupboard fluorescent kitchen lights with LED ribbons and drivers from Screwfix. Drivers by Aurora. Low profile compared with fluorescents. Ribbons run full lengths of the cupboards and cut to length with scissors. Cleaned off surfaces with meths before sticking ribbons on. Look good and not to expensive.
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  • Kelly


    I replaced my under cupboard fluorescent kitchen lights with LED ribbons and drivers from Screwfix. Drivers by Aurora. Low profile compared with fluorescents. Ribbons run full lengths of the cupboards and cut to length with scissors. Cleaned off surfaces with meths before sticking ribbons on. Look good and not to expensive.
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