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Posted by on October 23, 2009, 8:41 am
> > My dad has a fluorescent light fixture in his garage with tubes that
> > barely glow. =A0I went to the Borg and bought a pair of replacement tub=
es
> > but no improvement. =A0I do not smell anything near the fixture so my
> > thinking is the ballast is probably still good. =A0That leaves the star=
ter.
> > For whatever reason, I couldn't figure out how to release the cover pan=
els
> > (it's an 8' fixture) so I couldn't get in to look any closer. Would you
> > agree it's probably the starter gone bad? =A0We can get somebody else t=
o
> > swap it but I just wonder if I'm in for a little or a lot.
> *Smell is not always a positive test for a bad ballast. =A0You should not=
have
> to remove the cover to replace a starter. =A0If you cannot see a screw or
> wingnut to remove the covers they are probably removed by squeezing the p=
an
> a little.
> I would say a basic service call and the cost of a ballast is what you ar=
e
> looking at.
If you can do it yourself, you could replace the whole fixture with a
new one for less than the cost of a service call.
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> barely glow. I went to the Borg and bought a pair of replacement tubes
> but no improvement. I do not smell anything near the fixture so my
> thinking is the ballast is probably still good. That leaves the starter.
> For whatever reason, I couldn't figure out how to release the cover panels
> (it's an 8' fixture) so I couldn't get in to look any closer. Would you
> agree it's probably the starter gone bad? We can get somebody else to
> swap it but I just wonder if I'm in for a little or a lot.