Task Light just Flickers
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From: don on 6 May 2010 01:32 I have a Luxo asymmetrical task light which takes an 18 watt bulb, which is starting to give me trouble. Most of the time it will just flicker as if it is trying to come on, but sometimes it will flicker once or twice and then come right on. When it does come on it shines bright. Luxo will not support this task light anymore because they say it is too old??? even though it was supposedly guaranteed for life. What is causing this intermittant problem and how could I fix it? I hate to throw the light out because it was around $200 when I bought it and it does work fine after it lights up.
From: PeterD on 6 May 2010 07:57 On Thu, 6 May 2010 00:32:36 -0500, "don" <don(a)panix.com> wrote: >I have a Luxo asymmetrical task light which takes an 18 watt bulb, which is >starting to give me trouble. Most of the time it will just flicker as if it >is trying to come on, but sometimes it will flicker once or twice and then >come right on. When it does come on it shines bright. Luxo will not support >this task light anymore because they say it is too old??? even though it >was supposedly guaranteed for life. What is causing this intermittant >problem and how could I fix it? I hate to throw the light out because it >was around $200 when I bought it and it does work fine after it lights up. > > Uh, did you replace the bulb?
From: William Sommerwerck on 6 May 2010 08:04 > Uh, did you replace the bulb? Indeed. This sounds like an intermittent filament. Assuming it's an incandescent lamp. Is this a fluorescent lamp? It could be the bulb, or the "ballast".
From: Geoffrey S. Mendelson on 6 May 2010 08:09 > On Thu, 6 May 2010 00:32:36 -0500, "don" <don(a)panix.com> wrote: > >>I have a Luxo asymmetrical task light which takes an 18 watt bulb, which is >>starting to give me trouble. Most of the time it will just flicker as if it >>is trying to come on, but sometimes it will flicker once or twice and then >>come right on. PeterD wrote: > Uh, did you replace the bulb? Or the starter? I've had several bug zappers with replaceable bulbs, that did not get fixed by replacing them. Then I decided to ignore the "no user servicable parts inside" stickers, and opened them up. Inside was a regular floursecent starter in a socket for each bulb. I've replaced them each time I've replaced the bulbs, which makes a makes it a $7 repair instead of a $40 replacement. Yes, these are big bug zappers. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm(a)mendelson.com N3OWJ/4X1GM New word I coined 12/13/09, "Sub-Wikipedia" adj, describing knowledge or understanding, as in he has a sub-wikipedia understanding of the situation. i.e possessing less facts or information than can be found in the Wikipedia.
From: Smitty Two on 6 May 2010 12:44
In article <hrub8s$nus$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, "William Sommerwerck" <grizzledgeezer(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > Uh, did you replace the bulb? > > Indeed. This sounds like an intermittent filament. Assuming it's an > incandescent lamp. > > Is this a fluorescent lamp? It could be the bulb, or the "ballast". I haven't seen too many 18w incandescent lights ... |