| tom.w.aitchison@gmail.com 2007-06-02, 3:25 am |
| On Jun 1, 11:30 am, Jeffy3 <jef...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Our kitchen ceiling fixture is driving us crazy. Its the kind that
> uses two compact fluorescent bulbs (rectangular shaped). It has
> worked fine for a few years but recently has been really hit or miss
> as to whether it fires on or not. It wouldn't come on for two days
> (we don't leave the switch in the on position, though, just keep
> trying it) and then suddenly this morning it turned right on foor us,
> then later it wouldn't turn on again. How do you troubleshoot these
> things? I put a new bulb in last night but it didn't work. I checked
> the wiring on the fixture and the switch and everything is connected.
> If it is part of the fixture itself, is it fixable or not worth it?
Some CFL's are not self ballasted. If yours is not then the
ballast(s) need to be changed. See figure 1 on the attached website.
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