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Posted by ransley on April 7, 2008, 8:47 am
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> >>First check the power and ground connections. Next try new lamps, as the=
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> >>get older they're more dificult to light.The fact that they work in the
> >>one
> >>fixture means little. =A0Next, you could replaced the ballast transforme=
rs,
> >>but I'd sooner replace the fixtures, preferably with Xenon
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> > =A0Xenon undercabinet fixtures are merely improved incandescent ones.
> > (Actually the light sources ahve this improvement.) =A0Energy efficiency=
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> > xenon incandescent is a couple notches above that of conventional
> > incandescent of same voltage, wattage and life expectancy - still a
> > fraction of that of good fluorescent fixtures.
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> > - Don Klipstein (d...@misty.com)
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> Don, what do you recommend as "good" undercabinet fluorescents? Years ago
> when they were all T-12, they were fine, but ugly,then when they went to T=
-8
> magnetic, I had nothing but trouble with them until Alko came out with the=
> "little inch" with the Radionics ballast. They were great for a number of
> years, and now everyone's cloned them with varying degrees of quality. In
> the past few years if I'm doing an undercabinet fluorescent job, even with=
> Alko brand,about 20% of the things don't work, right out of the box
Ive used about 26 of the HDepot T8 18" [GE brand I think] in the last
year with no issues, the units have bulbs and wall plugs, but are
offered in different styles. I have had these cheap T8 units lasting
20 years. 20 years ago they were cheaper than Cfls and the least
expensive way to get a low watt flourescent. I used to use them in apt
buildings for hall lights before I found Cfls for a 1$.
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