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Both bulbs failed at exactly the same time, and there was a bit of a "pop" sound when they did.
There's another fitting on the same circuit, on the same switch, which works fine. I've just put a meter across the leads feeding the fitting and got 241 volts. So I'm assuming that the ballast is kaput.
Replacement ballast seems to be about £35, and is maybe a bit fiddly to replace (are those wires easy to get out and back in?).
How would I rewire this to take LED T5 replacements?
It looks to me as thought it's wired so that it will take two types of bulb - either L and N at the same end, or L and N at opposite ends. But I'm just guessing.
I'm not sure about the colouring of the wires coming OUT of the ballast. Is brown live and white neutral?
As far as I can tell from search all I have to do (hah!) is join all the lives to the live feed, and all the neutrals to the neutral feed.
Or of course I could put a new LED fitting in, but it would look a bit cob, as there is another identical fitting in the same room.
Any help appreciated.
There's another fitting on the same circuit, on the same switch, which works fine. I've just put a meter across the leads feeding the fitting and got 241 volts. So I'm assuming that the ballast is kaput.
Replacement ballast seems to be about £35, and is maybe a bit fiddly to replace (are those wires easy to get out and back in?).
How would I rewire this to take LED T5 replacements?
It looks to me as thought it's wired so that it will take two types of bulb - either L and N at the same end, or L and N at opposite ends. But I'm just guessing.
I'm not sure about the colouring of the wires coming OUT of the ballast. Is brown live and white neutral?
As far as I can tell from search all I have to do (hah!) is join all the lives to the live feed, and all the neutrals to the neutral feed.
Or of course I could put a new LED fitting in, but it would look a bit cob, as there is another identical fitting in the same room.
Any help appreciated.