Fluorescent light problem

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Fluorescent light problem

---MIKE---

07-20-2008

Re: Fluorescent light problem

Don & Lucille

07-20-2008

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RBM

07-20-2008

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HeyBub

07-20-2008

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jmeehan

07-20-2008

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07-20-2008

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Posted by ---MIKE--- on July 20, 2008, 3:38 pm

My bathroom light consists of a 12" ring with an 8" ring inside. At
times it won't come on and at other times it works just fine. When it
fails, a heat lamp on the same switch does work. I have replaced both
rings but that doesn't help. I don't see a ballast or starter but I
haven't looked inside the fixture. What could the problem be?

---MIKE---

>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire

>> (44=B0 15' N - Elevation 1580')

Posted by Don & Lucille on July 20, 2008, 4:08 pm

Ballast inside the chrome dome
My bathroom light consists of a 12" ring with an 8" ring inside. At
times it won't come on and at other times it works just fine. When it
fails, a heat lamp on the same switch does work. I have replaced both
rings but that doesn't help. I don't see a ballast or starter but I
haven't looked inside the fixture. What could the problem be?

---MIKE---

>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire

>> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

Posted by RBM on July 20, 2008, 5:05 pm

>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire

>> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

In the canopy of the fixture is a "circleline" ballast for 1-32 watt T-12
and 1-20 watt T-12 lamp. It's probably not worth replacing, I'd get a new
fixture

Posted by HeyBub on July 20, 2008, 5:23 pm

---MIKE--- wrote:

> My bathroom light consists of a 12" ring with an 8" ring inside. At

> times it won't come on and at other times it works just fine. When it

> fails, a heat lamp on the same switch does work. I have replaced both

> rings but that doesn't help. I don't see a ballast or starter but I

> haven't looked inside the fixture. What could the problem be?

Sometimes a florescent fixture acts like this because of a crappy ground.

May not be your problem, but it's cheap to check.

Posted by on July 20, 2008, 8:42 pm

On Jul 20, 3:38=A0pm, twinmount...@webtv.net (---MIKE---) wrote:

> My bathroom light consists of a 12" ring with an 8" ring inside. =A0At

> times it won't come on and at other times it works just fine. =A0When it

> fails, a heat lamp on the same switch does work. =A0I have replaced both

> rings but that doesn't help. =A0I don't see a ballast or starter but I

> haven't looked inside the fixture. =A0What could the problem be?

> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ---MIKE--->>In the White Mountains of=

New Hampshire

> =A0>> (44=B0 15' =A0N - Elevation 1580')

I agree with the two comments. 1. Possible bad ground issue. 2.
Ballast bad, above the parts you can see. I also agree that replacing
it may be the best idea, but remember that you will need a fixture
large enough to cover the area under the old one. That area likely is
now a different color than the rest of the ceiling.

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