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Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
- Location
- Not 'emel 'empstead
It's got your attention.
If it's old technology fluorescent replace it. The control gear doesn't really like the starting mode.
If it's a 5 foot or bigger and it has one, replace the starter too.
If it's under unit lighting expect to replace all of the lamps. Their life expectancy is pretty uniform. That way, at least they will be all the same colour temperature. If that sort of thing bothers you.
Trivia alert: in the late '90s one of the world's biggest fluorescent starter plants was in Costa Rica.
Do be careful of the myths around LED energy saving replacements. Including life claims.
The payback is measured in millennia.
My opinions, based on some, limited fact and experience ...
I've fitted a LED tube in our walk in wardrobe (not as posh as it sounds) and it works fine, but LED bulbs seem particularly unreliable.