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Old 05-11-2002, 12:59 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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I had flipped the lamps in my booth last Saturday & at the first of the week I noticed one lamp had gotten really black close to the end. I turned the unit on & the lamp didn't light up so I replaced it with a new one. This lamp is now black about 2 inches from the end & won't light up.

What could cause this?

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It sounds like a bad connection. Are these RDC lamps? If so, the spring end could be getting weak and not pushing hard enough to make a good connection. This would be the first thing to check.
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It's a bi-pin lamp. I don't think it's the lamp since it did the same thing with the one that was in it & I replaced with a new one & it blackened that lamp. I'll try swaping the lamp to see if it lights up.

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I also had another problem when I relamped one of my beds. I started the bed to make sure all the lamps worked. After a couple of days, people started saying I had 2 lamps out of the bed. I thought they were just not turned right (bi-pin), but they didn't work at all. It wasn't just 2 lamps, but 3 lamps. I changed the lamps around & the lamps work, just not in those 3 slots. They are not next to each other.

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Old 05-13-2002, 09:16 AM   #6 (permalink)
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If the lamp on your stand up is black on only one end, it is probably time to change your ballast.
Also Check starters.

What type of bed do you have?

Sounds like bad ballast or loose wires.
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The bed is a Tanses 32. I talked to the Manufacturer & he said if they were 3 next to each other, he would say it was the ballast. But since they weren't, he didn't know what it could be unless it was the lamp holders.
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In my Sundazzler booth, the problem ended up being the starter. I didn't think it was that since it wasn't even trying to light the lamp with the orange at the end.

On the Tanses, maybe it is a loose wire. When I relamped it I blew the dust out & possible loosened a wire & didn't realize it.

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