maliolani
Dec 1, 2011, 07:07 PM
My mobile home has a laundry room ceiling light fixture that takes two of these bulbs: Sylvania 20671 - CF13DD/E/835/ECO Double Tube 4 Pin Base Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb.
It has worked fine for over 8 years without changing bulbs. We left it on 24 hours a day for 2 weeks while on vacation. When we came home, both bulbs were rapidly flickering. I bought two new bulbs, but the flickering is still there. If I leave only one bulb (whether new or old) in the fixture, the flickering goes away. Since replacing the bulbs didn't help, does this mean I have to replace the ballast, which is screwed/wired to the top side of the fixture? Where does one normally buy a replacement ballast? Or should I just get a normal fixture that takes real bulbs?
It has worked fine for over 8 years without changing bulbs. We left it on 24 hours a day for 2 weeks while on vacation. When we came home, both bulbs were rapidly flickering. I bought two new bulbs, but the flickering is still there. If I leave only one bulb (whether new or old) in the fixture, the flickering goes away. Since replacing the bulbs didn't help, does this mean I have to replace the ballast, which is screwed/wired to the top side of the fixture? Where does one normally buy a replacement ballast? Or should I just get a normal fixture that takes real bulbs?