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Anyone have experience with fluorescent lighting trouble shooting? Here is the problem:
In my kitchen I have 2 fluorescent lighting fixtures, each with 4 tubes in them, controlled by the same switch. For about a month one of the fixtures would either work perfectly or not at all (sometimes it would just go out, then come on 20 minutes later, then go off again. With no regularity. All the while the other fixture worked fine.) None of the bulbs seemed to be going out in either fixture, no dimming, flickering, or dark ends.
Well a couple days ago I flip the switch and neither fixture would work at all. I do not know what is wrong. It seems odd that one would work intermittently and now neither will work at all. Does anyone have an idea what it could be? Just odd coincidence of both ballasts going out or...????
For the record, I bought 4 new tubes and replaced all the tubes in the second fixture that went out. And I swapped the light switch for a known working one. No luck with either try. I also looked in the attic for any kind of evidence of animals or whatever tampering, nothing there.
In my kitchen I have 2 fluorescent lighting fixtures, each with 4 tubes in them, controlled by the same switch. For about a month one of the fixtures would either work perfectly or not at all (sometimes it would just go out, then come on 20 minutes later, then go off again. With no regularity. All the while the other fixture worked fine.) None of the bulbs seemed to be going out in either fixture, no dimming, flickering, or dark ends.
Well a couple days ago I flip the switch and neither fixture would work at all. I do not know what is wrong. It seems odd that one would work intermittently and now neither will work at all. Does anyone have an idea what it could be? Just odd coincidence of both ballasts going out or...????
For the record, I bought 4 new tubes and replaced all the tubes in the second fixture that went out. And I swapped the light switch for a known working one. No luck with either try. I also looked in the attic for any kind of evidence of animals or whatever tampering, nothing there.
