The 6 foot tube in our 30+ year kitchen fluorescent light has started to blink. The tube is about 10 years old, so due for replacement, although it wasn't showing the tell-tale darkened ends.I replaced it with a Crompton 70w tube but this started to blink. "In my opinion it's the starter that needs replacement" said the salesman. Problem is, this unit doesn't have one, is this possible?I removed the tube and the 6' white concave reflector from above the tube but no sign of a starter. Instead, there's a 9" x 1" x 1" (from memory) white plastic box, which carries the mains wiring.Any thoughts on where the starter can be located or are some fluorescent units ...... starter-less? TIA

sounds like a high-frequency electronic ballast, instead of the lump of iron type ...

Flourescent unit starter-less?

Apr 15, 2019 Last reply: 7 years ago 21 Replies

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ARW 7 years ago

I am sure that it is resistor wire between the two ends.

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Andrew Gabriel 7 years ago

Ha - I wrote that section many years ago. Of course, someone has changed it to be incorrect since then, as is usually the case with Wikipedia. 5' is the shortest length you can drive SRS on 240V, not the 3'11" the article now states.

Was the original tube a T12 (1.5" diameter)? As the article says, SRS is usually unable to drive the T8 (1" diameter) tubes, although the failure mode is unlikely to be blinking.

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