kitchen light tripping fuse

Nov 13, 2010 2 Replies
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Hello you lot, being hopeful for good advice - as above, 2 way switching to double 4' fluorescent. Actually blew fuse when switching off one night. have disconnected cable to light, and when testing choc -bloc (where the incoming cable connects) in actual light with basic multimeter get a reading of about 55ohms between line and earth. Is this the fault?, or would one expect some sort of reading. If not any other worthwhile checks? Both tubes and starters have been removed from light.



Thanks Alec



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Yup. Or you could do a funny and replace the choke with a capacitor. Some tube will light like this, some wont. Somewhere in the region of

4 - 4.7uF for a single 4' tube. If the fitting is wired as series tubes, ie only one ballast, split it electrically to make 2 single fittings if you use a capacitor. Easily done.

NT

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If the problem's the PFC capacitor, the fitting should run fine without it. Best to fit a snubber in the fitting to prolong lightswitch life though.

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