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oh dear.... when forums aren't very helpful
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:38 am
by fluorescent
Just stumbled across this old forum thread. Get ready to shout at your screen!
https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussio ... t-question
Re: oh dear.... when forums aren't very helpful
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 5:26 am
by Slyspark
Makes you want to bang your head against the wall! There goes another SRS fitting cos all the people who responded were clueless idiots!
Re: oh dear.... when forums aren't very helpful
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 12:19 pm
by OsramAwesomness2
What a bunch of fucking dumb shit heads they know absolutely fuck all about fluorescent lights
Re: oh dear.... when forums aren't very helpful
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 4:51 pm
by RobTDCI
That old saying about a little knowledge being a dangerous thing.
Re: oh dear.... when forums aren't very helpful
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 5:33 pm
by AngryHorse
I liked this bit, "The 85W tubes were fazed out some time ago.", he sounded quite good until I saw this strange new word, `fazed`????????
I saw the classic, `starter motor` come up too, surly it wasn`t impossible for him to locate a 6 foot T12?
Re: oh dear.... when forums aren't very helpful
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 6:03 pm
by fluorescent
Every time I read this thread it gets worse.
"Buy a warm white tube. If it still doesn't work, then the problem may be in the ballast"
"Just replace the whole fitting. Then you'll know exactly what you're dealing with" -Just why. This isn't helpful
Re: oh dear.... when forums aren't very helpful
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 6:07 pm
by Danny
A t12 tube would of been easy to source back in 2008 when this thread was posted. I wonder what the fitting was.
Re: oh dear.... when forums aren't very helpful
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 6:08 pm
by fluorescent
surly it wasn`t impossible for him to locate a 6 foot T12?
Back in 2008, before the EU dictatorship decided "T12 = BAD", I would think you could have bought a 6ft T12 from any DIY shed
...I wonder what the fitting was.
Oddly enough, the link the OP put to their Tiscali web-space no longer works, I can't think why lol! I was wondering the same, Philips PC440 ballast suggests it would have been some version of a Philips Streamlite/Crompton Crompack
Re: oh dear.... when forums aren't very helpful
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 7:04 pm
by Danny
Ah ouch
