Fluorescent fitting kaput

[monday]

I have a 5ft fluorescent fitting (probably from Wickes) in my shed which has ceased to fluoresce. Probably been there 3-4 years. I have tried a new tube to no effect. It has a digital ballast rather than a conventional starter. I have confirmed there is 240v on the input chocblock to the ballast.

Is there anything I can do to fix it or is a chuck and replace situation?

 

[securespark]

Prolly best to get rid.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Wickes, Hmm

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Should be banned.

 

[333rocky333]

Should be banned.

What is it you dislike about the sheds ?

 

[winston1]

I have a 5ft fluorescent fitting (probably from Wickes) in my shed which has ceased to fluoresce. Probably been there 3-4 years. I have tried a new tube to no effect. It has a digital ballast rather than a conventional starter. I have confirmed there is 240v on the input chocblock to the ballast.

Is there anything I can do to fix it or is a chuck and replace situation?

Replace it. Try to get one with a conventional ballast. They tend not to fail. They may be less efficient electrically but in the long run cost less as you rarely have to replace.

 

[333rocky333]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tridonic-...853672?hash=item3aa4322828:g:744AAOSweW5U9Ea~

 

[davelx]

Convert it to LED:

https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LTTEC5CW.html
https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LTTEC5CW.html
Looks exactly the same as a standard tube (but brighter) and instantly at full brightness even wne the shed is freezing cold. I have these in my garage/workshop and they are excellent.

 

[winston1]

Convert it to LED:

https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/LTTEC5CW.html
Looks exactly the same as a standard tube (but brighter) and instantly at full brightness even wne the shed is freezing cold. I have these in my garage/workshop and they are excellent.

There are people on here that disagree and claim they use less power and give less light.

 

[Taylortwocities]

There are people on here who will disagree with almost everything.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

What is it you dislike about the sheds ?

The way they killed off proper merchants who sold decent products which they knew about, and replaced them with vast caverns stuffed full of cheap tat and where, if you do manage to actually find an employee, you won't have found one who can give you any useful advice.

 

[stillp]

There are people on here who will disagree with almost everything.

No there aren't

 

[EFLImpudence]

I agree.

 

[Iggifer]

There are people on here that disagree and claim they use less power and give less light.

I am one of those people. They are obviously half(ish) the wattage, but you're looking at ~4500-5000 lumen for a 58w 5ft tube. But that LED tube is 3000+. Whilst that could include those figures, I suspect it's more likely in the low 3000s otherwise it would be described in a more precise fashion

 

[davelx]

I am one of those people. They are obviously half(ish) the wattage, but you're looking at ~4500-5000 lumen for a 58w 5ft tube. But that LED tube is 3000+. Whilst that could include those figures, I suspect it's more likely in the low 3000s otherwise it would be described in a more precise fashion

"but you're looking at ~4500-5000 lumen for a 58w 5ft tube." - yes, when (a) they are new and (c) the ambient temperature is not too low.

You can bandy figures as much as you like. I see with my eyes, and my eyes tell me that overall these tubes do a better job than the conventional tubes that they replaced. YMMV.