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From: don on 6 May 2010 01:34 I have a Luxo asymmetrical task light which takes an 18 watt bulb, which is starting to give me trouble. Most of the time it will just flicker as if it is trying to come on, but sometimes it will flicker once or twice and then come right on. When it does come on it shines bright. Luxo will not support this task light anymore because they say it is too old??? even though it was supposedly guaranteed for life. What is causing this intermittant problem and how could I fix it? I hate to throw the light out because it was around $200 when I bought it and it does work fine after it lights up.
From: sparky on 6 May 2010 13:20 On May 6, 1:34 am, "don" <d...(a)panix.com> wrote: > I have a Luxo asymmetrical task light which takes an 18 watt bulb, which is > starting to give me trouble. Most of the time it will just flicker as if it > is trying to come on, but sometimes it will flicker once or twice and then > come right on. When it does come on it shines bright. Luxo will not support > this task light anymore because they say it is too old??? even though it > was supposedly guaranteed for life. What is causing this intermittant > problem and how could I fix it? I hate to throw the light out because it > was around $200 when I bought it and it does work fine after it lights up.. Does it have a replaceable starter?
From: stratus46 on 7 May 2010 00:01 On May 5, 10:34 pm, "don" <d...(a)panix.com> wrote: > I have a Luxo asymmetrical task light which takes an 18 watt bulb, which is > starting to give me trouble. Most of the time it will just flicker as if it > is trying to come on, but sometimes it will flicker once or twice and then > come right on. When it does come on it shines bright. Luxo will not support > this task light anymore because they say it is too old??? even though it > was supposedly guaranteed for life. What is causing this intermittant > problem and how could I fix it? I hate to throw the light out because it > was around $200 when I bought it and it does work fine after it lights up.. You thought that was YOUR life time? What does the bulb itself look like? Was it a custom item for Luxo or is it available elsewhere? Is it a CCFL? Is there a link to where we can see it? G²
From: don on 8 May 2010 14:15 <stratus46(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:10c3d2c7-86d4-4e42-926f-3f9935f0eecb(a)r34g2000yqj.googlegroups.com... On May 5, 10:34 pm, "don" <d...(a)panix.com> wrote: You thought that was YOUR life time? What does the bulb itself look like? Was it a custom item for Luxo or is it available elsewhere? Is it a CCFL? Is there a link to where we can see it? Thanks for yor reply..... I took the light apart and found the ballast to be made by B and L Technologies http://bplusl.com/html/balnu6.htm Interesting it says that if the bulb goes bad the ballast will stop working..... but I see a brwon spot on the ballast so maybe it is bad also. The label on my ballast says: Flourescent Lamp Ballast 163304 High Power Factor Instant Start Class P Type 1 outdoor Input 120v Max 0.13A NU6 _ 1128 _NT _1
From: don on 8 May 2010 14:38
So the bulb is an 18W Sylvania Dulux D compact flouresecent 20677 835 but when I go on sylvania.com to look at the specs the website is off limits???? Even though this website is on the bulb box????? I'm trying to figure out if this bulb has an EOL end of life protection mode which is what the ballast manuf. recommends to protect the ballast. |