Hello,
The TL lamp on the ceiling in my kitchen is acting up a bit strangely.
(As I wrote before, it failed in the morning Prince died =D :))
It started to glow orange.
Today I investigated further and made some videos of it.
The first video shows a bad wire, the lamp coming on without the fuse in place:
This bad wire was always like that, it's from previous owners living here.
I wonder if this bad wire might have somehow caused a short circuit ? Maybe there was a strange kind of spike/spark causing it to arc to the rest ?
"Transients" or something a known phenomenon in electrical grids. Anyway I did not notice any popping or sparks when I tried to turn it on that day.
The second video shows what happens when the fuse (I assume it's a fuse ?) is attached, it starts to glow orange:
Why does it glow orange ? Is that supposed to be a warning sign/indicator ?
The last video shows this strange block inside the lamp, not sure what this is ? Perhaps some kind of "adapter" to change 220 volts into something else ?
It seems to get hot when the lamp glows orange, so I consider that a somewhat dangerous situation. When the lamp burns normally I assume it stays cool, haven't really checked that thoroughly yet though...
Please give some advice to what you make of all this ?
Some remaining questions:
Why does this TL lamp come with it's own fuse ?
Would it be dangerous to use it without the fuse ?
What would be the risks/dangers of using it without the fuse ?
Bye, Skybuck.
P.S.: (Let's consider this a 1 bit computer lol :) on/off =D so I add this pc-homebuilt group too ;) in case you don't have the electronics group ! ;))