Good working practice

[amtrakuk]

Shared a coffee with the guys replacing fluros in the mods and we got onto the subject of maintainance. When I asked why they werent replacing starters at the same time as fitting the pair of tubes. Answer, its not blinking!

[Kev]

at least he was fitting proper tubes!!!

[AngryHorse]

Yeah, this annoys me!, when Ken or Sean change a tube at work, they only do the tube, and you can pretty much guess, a few months later the old starter fries the new tube!
On page 45, of the `GE Lighting Buyers Guide`, (fluorescent lighting), GE recommend that the starter is changed on EVERY tube replacement.

[HIDLamp]

At home I tend to leave the starter till it goes but never give it time fry the tube. But yeah if I ever do it for someone else the starter get renewed with the tube.

[Nick217]

The last relamp i did i just did the tubes unless the starter had gone, tbf in the office they know to twist the tube when they go eol

[Kev]

Series mods are very forgiving I look after one shop almost all the starters are original Fitzgerald branded S2s from 1998