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Flourescent shop lights ransley 11-01-2009
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on November 1, 2009, 11:08 am


> ransley wrote:
> > I have a few older T8 4ft shop lights that wont light up until I turn
> > the bulbs a bit, do I have a bad connection at the pins or am I doing
> > something inside the light, the bulbs are old but this happens on a
> > few of my lights.
> If they're quick-start, check for good ground connection. =EF=BF=BDIf in =
dusty
> shop environment, blow accumulated dust off and out of tube holders; can
> build up leakage paths and poor connections.
> --

make certain they are properly gounded

Posted by Joe on November 1, 2009, 1:42 pm


> I have a few older T8 4ft shop lights that wont light up until I turn
> the bulbs a bit, do I have a bad connection at the pins or am I doing
> something inside the light, the bulbs are old but this happens on a
> few of my lights.

Keep our beloved leader's stimulus plan going! Buy new lamps and
fixtures. You can even find some made in Illinois.

Joe

Posted by E Z Peaces on November 2, 2009, 11:49 am


ransley wrote:
> I have a few older T8 4ft shop lights that wont light up until I turn
> the bulbs a bit, do I have a bad connection at the pins or am I doing
> something inside the light, the bulbs are old but this happens on a
> few of my lights.

I've always had that trouble with F40 T12s after a few years of service.
I think the silocone coating goes bad. Washing the bulbs helps.

Posted by The Daring Dufas on November 2, 2009, 8:00 pm


ransley wrote:
> I have a few older T8 4ft shop lights that wont light up until I turn
> the bulbs a bit, do I have a bad connection at the pins or am I doing
> something inside the light, the bulbs are old but this happens on a
> few of my lights.

What's the ambient temperature when you turn on the lights? Here
at the crotchety old fart's lair, we have a dual tube fixture
over the bathroom mirror that misbehaves at temperatures in the
60's.

TDD

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