flyeyes
Well Known Member
This is way off topic, but I thought somebody in this group would have the answer.
My garage/aircraft manufacturing/maintanence facility has three banks of 8-ft fluorescent lights wired on a single switch. They are cheap ones from Lowe's hardware, maybe eight years old.
They will no longer come on, but all six tubes glow faintly when you throw the switch.
Is this a bad ballast? Are they like old Christmas tree lights where a single bad bulb will take out the whole string?
I really don't know where to begin troubleshooting. I could just replace them all fairly inexpensively (significantly cheaper than calling an electrician), but if somebody could offer suggestions for repair I'd appreciate it.
My garage/aircraft manufacturing/maintanence facility has three banks of 8-ft fluorescent lights wired on a single switch. They are cheap ones from Lowe's hardware, maybe eight years old.
They will no longer come on, but all six tubes glow faintly when you throw the switch.
Is this a bad ballast? Are they like old Christmas tree lights where a single bad bulb will take out the whole string?
I really don't know where to begin troubleshooting. I could just replace them all fairly inexpensively (significantly cheaper than calling an electrician), but if somebody could offer suggestions for repair I'd appreciate it.