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The fitting says 11W PL11 it's a two pin desk lamp with a inductive lump in the base which I assume is a ballast. Advert for lamp and the tube had failed.
I got a new tube 11W with the G23 base and all I get is one flash on turning on.
Tried the tube in a working lamp same type and the same just failed. Base clearly the same length same.
So question is have I got a faulty new tube of is a PL11 not he same as a G23? I thought PL 11 was the tube and G23 the base just like MR16 can have a GU5.3 or GU10 I thought this was the same?
So have I got it wrong or is simply new lamp faulty.
I got a new tube 11W with the G23 base and all I get is one flash on turning on.
Tried the tube in a working lamp same type and the same just failed. Base clearly the same length same.
So question is have I got a faulty new tube of is a PL11 not he same as a G23? I thought PL 11 was the tube and G23 the base just like MR16 can have a GU5.3 or GU10 I thought this was the same?
So have I got it wrong or is simply new lamp faulty.