Ikea T5 Problem

[Million]

I have a problem with my el cheapo lighting (kicks self). The ikea lights I bought fit 11e T5 bulbs. They work fine with the warm bulbs they came with, but when I put in the cool spectrum bulbs I was recommended to use, they flicker intermittently. The bulbs are the same size, wattage, fitting, just different colour spectrum. Does anyone have any idea why this happens, and how I can fix it?

 

[aibo210]

I have a problem with my el cheapo lighting (kicks self). The ikea lights I bought fit 11e T5 bulbs. They work fine with the warm bulbs they came with, but when I put in the cool spectrum bulbs I was recommended to use, they flicker intermittently. The bulbs are the same size, wattage, fitting, just different colour spectrum. Does anyone have any idea why this happens, and how I can fix it?

Possibly you got bad bulbs I know PL lighting has built in starters in the bulbs and one of mine went bad and would not fire up. do the original bulbs still fire?

 

[Million]

Possibly you got bad bulbs I know PL lighting has built in starters in the bulbs and one of mine went bad and would not fire up. do the original bulbs still fire?

Yeah they do, but both of the new ones flicker, not just one. They were posted in a jiffy bag, not that well padded, so this may have been the problem

 

[Themuleous]

Yeh Ive had this in the past, duff bulb.

Sam

 

[Million]

Yeh Ive had this in the past, duff bulb.

Sam

I emailed the seller (the lightbulb company) and they replied almost straight away saying that they would re-send the order immediately, no questions asked. Good stuff