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Posted by mm on June 2, 2007, 5:35 pm
On Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:17:44 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
>Ken wrote:
>> Jeff Wisnia wrote:
>>
>>> Jeffy3 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Our kitchen ceiling fixture is driving us crazy. Its the kind that
>>>> uses two compact fluorescent bulbs (rectangular shaped). It has
>>>> worked fine for a few years but recently has been really hit or miss
>>>> as to whether it fires on or not. It wouldn't come on for two days
>>>> (we don't leave the switch in the on position, though, just keep
>>>> trying it) and then suddenly this morning it turned right on foor us,
>>>> then later it wouldn't turn on again. How do you troubleshoot these
>>>> things? I put a new bulb in last night but it didn't work. I checked
>>>> the wiring on the fixture and the switch and everything is connected.
>>>> If it is part of the fixture itself, is it fixable or not worth it?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Make sure the metal body of the fixture itself is grounded. Lack of
>>> grounding there can cause hard starting.
>>>
>>> If it is grounded, and you can test for and find line voltage at the
>>> power leads coming into the fixture when the switch is on, then change
>>> out the ballast.
>>
>>
>> Don't compact fluorescent bulbs contain their own ballast??
>>
>>>
>>> There isn't much more that can go wrong, bulb sockets usually don't
>>> fail unless they're abused by someone forcing a bulb into place.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>
>Guilty as charged....I saw only the words "rectangular shaped" and
>thought that was describing the shape of the whole fixture.
Me too. He should have said cf if they are cf. You're not guilty.
>
>If they are CF bulbs you are correct of course.
>
>And, if that's the case, it does sound like the problem is either a bad
>switch or a "loose disconnection" in the wiring. <G>
>
>Jeff
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