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    T8 Fluorescent Tube Help

    A few months ago, I replaced a T8 fluorescent tube that my late father installed, with another tube of similar dimensions. The lighting still works now however recently, I have noticed a slight greyish colour at the middle of the tube and a small flickering near the left end of the tube that has...
  2. J

    Broken Fluorescent Ballast - no longer available - options?

    I have a bathroom mirror with 2 x 21W fluorescent T5 tubes and an IR sensor. The tubes switch off after a few minutes. I have changed the tubes and the fault persisted. I checked the output from the IR switch and it was 240V so that leaves the ballast as faulty. The problem is the ballast is...
  3. M

    Swapping out fluorescent lights for LED in kitchen

    I’m hoping to replace my mains-wired under kitchen cabinet fluorescent light fittings with some LED strip light units and need some advice please. The current lighting system consists of a mains cable running into a fused switch on top of one of the kitchen cabinets (photo 1). This then feeds...
  4. S

    UK Ceiling lights help ?

    Hi everyone I'm new to this forum, I was looking at a flat the other day which is beautiful, apart from these lights in the kitchen? , and for such a modern flat I don't understand why they were put in in the first place and also why they are not centred and why is there a lonesome pendant light...
  5. meisy#

    How to connect fluorescent lights?

    All fluorescent lights in this house (230V) are connected "1 switch - 1 light". So I have no where to get inspiration how to connect second fluorescent light. Could I do this?
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    Fluorescent lights

    Afternoon all, have had complaints about failure of fluorescent lights control gear. Done all tests on circuits and all ok, only problem I can think of is there is a mix of magnetic and h.f ballasts on both circuits that have failing fittings. Is this a possible cause of reduced fitting life...
  7. K

    Fluorescent lights and relays

    Hi all, I've just been to test a number of faults and have found a number of classrooms have relays on fluorescent lights? Can anyone think of a logical reason why someone would have installed them like this? Thanks in advance.
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    6 foot fluorescent lights with tube - high frequency NEW

    6 foot single fluorescent light batten fitting with tube fitted with high frequency control gear NEW light, NEW tube £13 each We are in Northern Ireland so postage would be £10.95 48hr tracked upto 70 kilos 1 fitting with tube weighs 2.5kg
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    6ft fluorescent lights flickering

    Just after a bit of help? Irecently partly re-wired a club house and installed a 3phase board, from this i wired in a sub board. On this sub board i have 2 showers there is also a 3rd shower. This is wired from the 3phase board, all 3 showers are on the same phase. The sub board also feeds...
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    Insulation Resistance Testing Fluorescent Lights Etc

    The large domestic garage that I wish to test has a single lighting circuit with 6 fluorescent lamps inside and a floodlight with a PIR. It also has neons on each of the 2 way switches for the internal lighting and a neon on the switch for the outside floodlight with PIR. Any tips on how to go...
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    Simple Question - 6 Fluorescent lights on 1 switch

    Hi All Got to wire up 6 fluorescent lights over the next few days to 1 switch. Is the easiest way as follows. Feed from CU to switch Feed from switch to lamp 1 then daisy chain from light 1 - 2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6? Many Thanks Simon
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    PIR sensor for fluorescent lights

    Hi, i have a client who would like a sensor in the entrance to a car port that will switch on a couple of ordinary 4 foot fluorescent lights. Can someone please advise if I will need a special type of sensor to operate these lights as opposed to ordinary lamps? Thanks.
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    advice on new like for like twin 5ft fluorescent lights

    I am a caretaker for a Hotel 10 years ( BT Engineer 20 years), I Have 16th 17th and Part P. Do mainly electrical maintenance and general repairs, I work for a local charity one day a week, I am replacing like for like 2 twin 5ft fluorescent lights in a Charity shop that sells donated items...
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    Fluorescent Lights fault finding Starters vs Tubes vs Internal

    Hi, generally speaking if a afluorescent light isn't working is there any quick way of narrowing down the problem between the starter, the tube and the ballast/choke. Apart from changing starters and tubes (and i can't carry the latter around on the off-chance) is there a way of testing each...
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    Fluorescent lights not working. What could have caused this?

    Hi, I was carrying out an upgrade of a 3 phase distribution board today. Everything seemed to go ok apart from no neutrals corresponding with their live conductors. But when I have re-energised the circuits there is a group of fluorescent lights not working. Thay are just glowing at either end...
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    Fluorescent lights tripping RCD

    Hi all I fitted 3 5FT fluorecent fittings in a garage, I removed 3 batten fitting so it was a straight swap, problem is when customer switches on the lights the RCD in the house trips. Should these lights go on the non RCD side
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    Switches for fluorescent lights

    Hi all, I'm in the process of rewiring my flat and due to the 25% rule have bought a few fluorescents. Do I need to use switches rated at 6AX or 10AX with these or will any crabtree, MK etc lightswitch from screwfix do? I am aware that dimmers don't work with all fluorescents but bog...
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    fluorescent lights

    Hi All, I am about to instal 100x30w fluorescent lights and was wondering if there are any rules that I have to apply in terms of switching these lights as I am concerned about having so many lights switched off one switch. I also have been asked to install the lights using gear tray that...
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    best method of looping fluorescent lights

    As these lights don't usually have a loop terminal. What is your prefered method of looping a couple of garage fluorescents each with a single switch controlling them?
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    dimming fluorescent lights 1-10v

    fitted out an warehouse that the client wanted to split into sections , wanted 2 b able to dim sections of the lights , he spect Dextra dimmable fluorescents 1-10v , after fitting them all at high level and finally getting in behind the "joiners?" to power them up 1 row was constantly dim...

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