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The Artist formerly known as Turbo84
Gotta a couple questions regarding my shop lights (8' fluorescents). The other day one of the tubes fell down and made a hell of a mess on the floor. Got it cleaned up, and climbed the ladder to the hanging fixture to see wth happened. The tubes are single end-terminals, and the spring loaded ceramic tube that the terminal slides into looks like it got real hot (it's dark brown at the edge which is broken off, which might explain how the tube was allowed to drop) and the spring looks less than shiny. My questions are: What's the usual cause for this heat/discoloring? (And don't be a smartass and tell me it's wattage, Turtle ) I'd like to fix this fixture rather than buy another one, but I've never noticed these ceramic tubes in the electrical section before. I'd thought about replacing this ceramic piece with a short piece of steel tube, but then the heat isn't going to be isolated somewhat from the rest of the support bracketry.
So, do I trash this thing (and put up two 4' pairs instead), or is it repairable?
Thanks,
Mike
So, do I trash this thing (and put up two 4' pairs instead), or is it repairable?
Thanks,
Mike