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Glowing Bits! · 14th Jan 2019, 11:02 am

There were similar issues in the garage in winter, the fixtures took forever to do anything, the solution was to change every starter for electronic, problem solved.
Sadly, the fixtures are only used as a holder for the new LED tubes nowadays, the electrics have been bypassed.
The beauty with LED technology is that they work instant without waiting in a dimly lit room for 10 minutes while the tubes warm up, plus there's no more having to live on paracetamol, I'm flicker sensitive and sometimes suffer violent migraines as a result of flickering tubes/bulbs.

Just a quick chirp on this post.
Rick.

14th Jan 2019, 11:02 am	#35
Glowing Bits! Octode Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK. Posts: 1,457	Re: The demise of the fluorescent tube There were similar issues in the garage in winter, the fixtures took forever to do anything, the solution was to change every starter for electronic, problem solved. Sadly, the fixtures are only used as a holder for the new LED tubes nowadays, the electrics have been bypassed. The beauty with LED technology is that they work instant without waiting in a dimly lit room for 10 minutes while the tubes warm up, plus there's no more having to live on paracetamol, I'm flicker sensitive and sometimes suffer violent migraines as a result of flickering tubes/bulbs. Just a quick chirp on this post. Rick.