Florescent lights flicker
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01-18-07, 10:05 AM
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Florescent lights flicker
I installed 2 new, 2 bulb,florescent fixtures. They have never come on immediately. They glow at the end of every bulb, may come on in 5 minutes, 10 minutes but then may stay on 1/2 hour and go back to glow. And then repeat that same pattern. Do I need to replace balasts? Can I test the balasts? With a standard test meter (Ohms, voltage)? Other suggestions?
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01-18-07, 10:13 AM
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They are installed inside, in a loft(out of the weather), with a single swittch and are properly ground throught my service box ground.
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01-18-07, 10:53 AM
Are these lights hardwired or plug in? Did you wire them yourself to an existing circuit or did you create a new circuit? Are they wired correctly?
#5
01-18-07, 06:52 PM
If they go through a switch, make sure the grounding wire is attached to the green screw on the switch. Quite often the grounding wire is left off. This would possibly keep a ground from completing. And fluorescents like grounding wires.
