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I bought two new Fluorescent Circular Light Bulb one is 16 inch 40W the other is 12 inch 32W the reason for changing was because it started to flicker and the 12 inch bulb went dead. So I decided to try two different lights. Now when I connect the 12 inch just flicks a light for half a second but does't light up and the 16 inch just flickers. Does anyone know why two new bulbs won't work? Well one flickers the other doesn't turn on.
Ok thanks everyone. I see ballast online on Amazon not sure if I can buy any kind to work with those bulbs. Those bulbs say t9 I see t8 ballast. I'll look more into this.
Ok thanks everyone. I see ballast online on Amazon not sure if I can buy any kind to work with those bulbs. Those bulbs say t9 I see t8 ballast. I'll look more into this.
Buy a new fixture preferably LED. It is not worth the hassle.
If you wish to try and replace the ballast just take it out and find one that appears to have the same spec as that on the ballast. I would also go with an electronic as opposed to a magnetic ballast. Last longer and work better.
That's a dual circline ballast. Search for "circline ballast" on Amazon; I see a few of them
KTEB-2C72-1-TP-WS-CP (Keystone)
DB2S3240RS120N (Watran)
I actually have the keystone ballast in my Amazon cart lol. I also have an LED fixture in my cart but it's not as big and probably wouldn't match the other light in the kitchen area.
I usually just replace this type of fixture. The replacement tubes are expensive and the ballasts do not seem to last lang. You can get the same or better light out of LEDs or incandescent, but you may have to shop around a bit.
While I love the artistic older light fixtures, you can find better quality reproductions of pretty much anything now. (Except slip shades, I have never seen good quality repro slip shade fixtures). They are the opposite of cheap, but if you can switch to an LED with the same or simlar look and never have to deal with flickering, tube changes or bad ballasts again - it is totally worth the cost and effort IMO.
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