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I agreed to take a look at shop sign for a shopkeeper friend. The fitting apparently stopped working form one day to the next. I have checked the following.

1) 240V getting to the fitting.
2) Both starters work fine in another fitting
3) Buzzed all the way round wiring loop with tubes/starters out, and no discontinuities.
4) Owner has bought new tubes

When nothing worked after all these tests, I recommended he pick up a replacement ballast. The original ballast was model; Tridonic ATCO EC 36 A502K. These are discontinued, so the local supplier recommended an alternative which I have fitted.

I'm wondering now if it's possible the tubes, may be a different spec. I'm assuming the recommendation of the ballast is correct, and that the ballast wasn't faulty when it arrived. Are there any addtional tests I can do on the circuit with prety standard multi-meter?

Hoping someone can give some more pointers to help with this.
 
Swap both tube and starter from a working fitting and vice versa if known good combination still doesn't work (assuming 230 volts at fitting) then dead test for continuity on all components i.e. live to ballast in/out, to starter in/out to near end cap in/out to far end cap in/out then to neutral. If all present and correct **** it and buy a new one!
 
Swap both tube and starter from a working fitting and vice versa if known good combination still doesn't work (assuming 230 volts at fitting) then dead test for continuity on all components i.e. live to ballast in/out, to starter in/out to near end cap in/out to far end cap in/out then to neutral. If all present and correct **** it and buy a new one!
if you do swap the fitting, an led panel would be a better choice, ledhut stock them and im sure your preferred wholesaler could get you them as well
 
I've had the same problem before turned out to be the rubbish spring loaded connections holding the starter, I would just replace the fitting, you can't polish a turd.
 

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