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Re: Garage flourescent lighting trouble

Raid

2005-07-15, 4:25 am

Do you have 5 people to come over and help you?
If yes then try changing the bulbs!

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:04:16 GMT, Phisherman <noone@nobody.com> wrote:

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>I'm having garage fluorescent lighting trouble. There are two surface
>mount fluorescent tube pairs in my garage controlled by two three-way
>switches. When I turn one switch on, the ends of both fixtures glow
>for awhile, then sometimes eventually light. Sometimes only one (of
>the four tubes) light. Today I tried running my hand across the tubes
>and that made them light up. Fixtures, tubes and all are 13 years
>old. They have had problems when tempertures drop to 10 degrees in the
>winter, but this is first during the hot summers. The temperature in
>the garage is about 90 to 100 degrees, high humidity. Any
>ideas/comments? Or troubleshooting steps to take?

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