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A super crispy Tridonic EC58 removed at work today. You can probably smell this just from looking at the picture lol.

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Filename:	1000048106.jpg
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Manufacturer:	Tridonic
Type/Model:	EC58
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Date added:	09 Aug, 2025
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Oliver

[09 Aug, 2025 at 09:46 PM]

Been on a stuck starter ages?

Beta 5

[09 Aug, 2025 at 10:13 PM]

The unmistakable smell of scorched Tridonic Laughing

Flurofan96

[09 Aug, 2025 at 10:26 PM]

That's totally cooked

Danny

[10 Aug, 2025 at 08:24 AM]

That’s got a bit warm

Patrick

[10 Aug, 2025 at 12:23 PM]

Familiar sight Rolling Eyes

what fitting was this in? They sometimes survive when bolted directly to the metal spine or have a trough reflector

Slyspark

[10 Aug, 2025 at 10:43 PM]

Haha, yes, I can smell this from over 200 miles away. Yuk!

fluorescent

[03 Sep, 2025 at 11:54 AM]

@Oliver: Yeah about five days lol. Probably been on a stuck starter loads previously though
@Patrick: it was in a Thorn Pop Pack and yeah floating 'mid air' on one of the crappy spring steel clip things found in later Pop Packs

Flurofan96

[03 Sep, 2025 at 04:50 PM]

So basically having a ballast supported mid air spring setup is not rly ideal then

Patrick

[03 Sep, 2025 at 09:25 PM]

Sometime in 2004 Thorn introduced that spring steel clip, but this was a problem in Crompacks with those raised choke spacers from 2001/2 onwards, Tridonic changed something Rolling Eyes

Flurofan96

[03 Sep, 2025 at 09:45 PM]

The only fixture that is in use at my parents house that uses Tridonic ballast is the Tamlite 58W one from 2004 - I put a B&Q starter which is Philips S10 made in Poland and I ensure that it doesn't get stressed by either stuck starter or an EOL tube

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