Re: Workshop lighting
The only upgrade i have made to conventional battens thus far is solid state starters and occasional daylight sim tubes.
I have seen a significant early failure rate of these TS8 Tubesaver starters, (sold in Wickes packaging) and i do mean failure rather than temporary shut-down.
The only precaution i can think of is for the first couple of starts on a batten that hasn't been installed/used in a while is made with a glow starter- just in case a surge from charging the capacitor is affecting a component.
I came close to condemning a perfectly good well made Thorn batten before testing by starter substitution, and this i suppose is the moral of the story if there is one. (It has been running for 3hrs now and the ballast is barely at blood-heat.)
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