Humidity in air conditioned house is 56 percent. I cleaned the tubes and tombstones with Deoxit, and I barely touch the glass. Also, it does it on both tubes. Mechanical/corroded contacts was my first thought too. Gerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Curley McLain wrote: > You like in a humid climate. In HI, I spent a lot of time polishing the > contacts on fluorescent fixtures. Here, I have had to polish the > contacts for the starters on the 15W tube lights. I suspect touching > the bulb moves it enough to make contact at the ends. in daily use, the > oxidation does not get as thick, s a small bump can do it. > > > archer75--- via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > September 19, 2016 at 9:42 AM > > 2 years ago I replaced he transformers in the four tube light assembly > > over the sink. The last few weeks sometimes one, sometimes two of the > > bulbs on the same shared transformer didn't come on until I twisted > > one of them in its sockets. > > Yesterday I found that just touching the glass in the middle of the > > tube was all that was needed to make it come on. I've done that > > repeatedly and every time the tube(s) light up as bright as usual. > > The only thing I can think of is some sort of capacitance effect that > > lets weak voltage/amperage from the dying transformer ionize enough of > > the gas to complete the circuit. > > The primary cause is probably the Chinese transformer from Home Depot > > since neither of the new bulbs is affected. > > Gerry > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >
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