Starter Motor On Light Fitting Gone?

[fluffycabbage]

When i flick the switch to on, the bulb is flicking on very briefly, then not coming on at all. Is this a problem just like my kitchen fluorescent bulb? Its doing the same thing as when that needed a new starter motor

 

[fluffycabbage]

anybody?

 

[Destination Doha]

yep sounds like you need to get a new starter fluffy

 

[fluffycabbage]

yep sounds like you need to get a new starter fluffy

thanks -now where would i find one of those? and how do i replace it?

 

[chrisrm]

yep sounds like you need to get a new starter fluffy

thanks -now where would i find one of those? and how do i replace it?

try here link or B&Q or somewhere like that.

they just interchange put in and screw!

or somthing like this, (cant insert a link)http/cgi.ebay.co.uk/BN-Hagen-T8-fluorescent-Lighting-Starter-Unit-20w-/330384859502?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Fish&x=42&y=3

 

[fluffycabbage]

yep sounds like you need to get a new starter fluffy

thanks -now where would i find one of those? and how do i replace it?

try here link or B&Q or somewhere like that.

they just interchange put in and screw!

oh right, i thought it would be something specific to aquarium lighting! i can get them down the road! just gotta figure out how to get to it now so i can take it to the shop

thanks for the help!

 

[OldMan47]

Starters are dirt cheap. I just bought a bubble pack of two of them at my local home improvement center for about $1.50. It got both fixtures going again. You replace them by simply twisting them into place in the fixture where you removed the old one.

 

[walkers101]

go to the electrical wholesalers near you it will be much cheaper

 

[UNV_Rasta]

Paid TT $2.00 (US $0.32) for one at a local store just yesterday

 

[the biffster]

electrical wholesalers there about 50p each
when mine goes on the i turn it
on at the switch the turn the starter back over
and the light comes on but thsts me

 

[Aqua Tom]

People are labouring under the impression that aquarium lighting is "aquarium specific". The only thing that is, is the colour of the light & the fact that it is condensation proof. Any tube, any starter, any ballast will work in them, dont go & buy one from juwel or someone because it is a rip off.




pedantic edit


oh yea, its not a starter motor, it doesnt have a motor in it.


Starter motors are what starts your car.

 

[the biffster]

People are labouring under the impression that aquarium lighting is "aquarium specific". The only thing that is, is the colour of the light & the fact that it is condensation proof. Any tube, any starter, any ballast will work in them, dont go & buy one from juwel or someone because it is a rip off.

i must agree tom