Task Light just Flickers
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From: don on 8 May 2010 19:14 Its a Luxo Vision Task Light I found a pic on google http://www.ergospec.com/products/office_equip/office_task_lighting/luxo.html "don" <don(a)panix.com> wrote in message news:hs4bif$sge$1(a)reader1.panix.com... > > >> Ask open ended questions -- get open ended answers. > > Ok I opened up the light..... the bulb is a Syvania Dulux D 18w compact > flourecent 20677 835 avg life 10,000 hrs > But I can not log into www.sylvania.com which is on the box to check the > specs????? > The ballast is made by B and L Tech. http://bplusl.com/html/balnu6.htm > mine is an INstant Start class P Type 1 NU6-1128-NT-1 > It has a slight brown spot on it and so does the bulb. > Interesting that the manufact. recommends buying bulbs with EOL protection > built in them (end of life) to protect the ballast. > Maybe this is why my balast died because of the bulb going bad? > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > > > >
From: lsmartino on 9 May 2010 13:25 On 8 mayo, 14:46, "don" <d...(a)panix.com> wrote: > > Ask open ended questions -- get open ended answers. > > Ok I opened up the light..... the bulb is a Syvania Dulux D 18w compact > flourecent 20677 835 avg life 10,000 hrs > But I can not log intowww.sylvania.comwhich is on the box to check the > specs????? > The ballast is made by B and L Tech.http://bplusl.com/html/balnu6.htm > mine is an INstant Start class P Type 1 NU6-1128-NT-1 > It has a slight brown spot on it and so does the bulb. > Interesting that the manufact. recommends buying bulbs with EOL protection > built in them (end of life) to protect the ballast. > Maybe this is why my balast died because of the bulb going bad? > Any thoughts would be appreciated. Sylvania was absorbed by Osram several years ago, and now Dulux is a trademark of Osram. That´s why you found nothing searching under Sylvania. Having said that, what you have is just a PL fluorescent bulb. These bulbs have the starter inside their base, and they work with an electromagnetic ballast. If the bulb flickers, and takes a long time to stay on (if it ever stays on) the culprit is the bulb itself because it is burnt. Indeed, Sylvania as a brand of fluorescent lamps disappeared more thant ten years ago, so your bulb is pretty old and probably at the end of its useful lifetime. Regarding the ballast, if it were burnt, the bulb wouldn´t even flicker. The brown spot you saw outside of the ballast is probably some enamel leftover from when it was manufactured and nothing to worry about. Just replace the bulb and be happy.
From: don on 9 May 2010 20:36
Mr. ! Thanks SO MUCH........ you just saved me some money........... I was about to buy another ballast, cause of the brown spot.............. I'll try replacing the $5 bulb first...... I don't know if I"ll ever buy another Luxo again because they just told me my Task Light was too old and they didn't support the product anymore..... I'm not an electrician so taking apart this light was no fun.... I had to find all this out myself with your help...................... Thanks AGAIN |