Most people choose fluorescent lights in order to save money.
Fluorescent light dim then bright.
Found primarily in kitchens offices department stores hospitals and warehouses fluorescent lights waste less energy than incandescent lights and can save you as much as 40 percent on.
Our kitchen light which uses two 4 foot fluorescent light bulbs is very dim.
Dim fluorescent light bulbs and bad lighting ballast fluorescent light bulbs that are allowed to burn out in the socket can actually cause the ballast to burn out and need replacing.
You ll find replacement starters at any hardware store.
This is one of the concerning problems with the fluorescent lights.
Both bulbs are very dim but evenly lit along their length and both the same as each other.
There s nothing worse than having to be in a room with a flickering fluorescent light.
Time to retire them and replace with leds.
This morning they were completely dark at first but are now very dim again.
It has recently started acting strange.
Since it started doing this one time it lit fully for about five or ten minutes.
The utility company does repairs outside your house but if the problem is in the panel you need an electrician.
Consider the steps to fix the problem.
With the passage of time the fluorescent lamps start but glows dimly may flicker slightly but constantly and may exhibit rings of bright and dim light that appear to move up and down the length of the lamp.
Older fluorescent light fixtures that flicker or only light up part way may just need a new starter which is a less expensive repair than a bulb.
It feels creepy and can also cause a terrible headache.
As i said in the intro we noticed this happening over a 3 4 week period.
Someone suggested it might be the ballast.
I have a fluorescent light fixture that uses two 40 watt 4 long tubes.
There are several failure modes for fluorescent lamps that make them a pita sometimes.
If fluorescent lamps start to burn out or flicker then it is time to replace them and always replace both lamps as a pair for a longer lasting ballast.
One clue that your ballast is the reason for a non working fluorescent light is the light bulbs struggle to turn on.
The starter is located on the lamp frame there are typically two starters.
When first turned on it works fine for a minute or two then one of the tubes becomes dim and the other becomes dim and flashing.
It s not the tubes as i ve replaced those and nothing changed.
Is this a sign the ballast needs to be replaced.
The disconnect may be in the panel or it may be between the panel and the line transformer.
A good way to check that your ballast is the culprit is to turn on a voltage detector and hold it next to the wires supplying power to the ballast.
When a light starts dim and then gets brighter the cause may be an open neutral wire.
