Why fluorescent lamp won't stay on?

[brianmoooore]

When are we going to get a 'groan' emoji?

 

[ipf]

When are we going to get a 'groan' emoji?

They don't seem to be working....or I'd have used one for your informative 'bulb shaped' comment....( and for a wink on this one).

 

[Apesbrain]

Anyway... It was the ballast. 10 years seems like the limit on these.

 

[DPG]

Anyway... It was the ballast. 10 years seems like the limit on these.

Glad you got it sorted. Sorry, we got a bit distracted!

 

[donnelly22]

I had the same table lamp, and I went through this problem. At first, I replaced the tube itself: it was brighter, but it is dim again after a couple of turns. Then I took the body apart and checked the ballast - the plastic was warm and there was a slight squeak. I put a new electronic ballast and returned the old lamp to its place, for a year without failures. So I would suspect ballast first; if there is a spare lamp on hand, quickly eliminate it, but ten-year-old ballast, in my experience, is reliable.

 

[DefyG]

I was taught during mt apprenticeship - 'A Bulb Grows - A Lamp Glows'

So its a lamp to me!