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Re: Garage flourescent lighting trouble

Phisherman

2005-07-19, 11:25 pm

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 02:28:31 -0400, Choreboy
<choreboyREMOVE@localnet.com> wrote:

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>Phisherman wrote:
>
>Washing and drying tubes has helped me. A new tube has a coating of
>silicone or something to repel moisture, but humidity affects older
>tubes. Washing seems to get rid of contaminants that hold moisture.
>Sometimes a nonstarting tube will feel moist when everything else in the
>room feels dry.

I removed the tubes, washed and dried them, and now they are lighting
up properly. Thanks Choreboy!

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