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Show a hand around the house facts bv A.J. Hand WATT FOR watt, a fluorescent lamp puts out three times as much light as an incandescent bulb. It will last four times as long before it needs replacement. And it will run much cooler, a real benefit during the summer. But these advantages come at a price. Fluores-cent- s are more complicated SIDING SHUTTERS STORM WINDOWS than incar.descents. And they're prone to a wider Storm and Screen Doors Also variety of ills. Examples of these ills, and their cures, WeatherstrippingThresholds Caulking foliow. Awnings. Lamp wont start. Sometimes the problem is just bad contact between the tube and its holder, Twist and jiggle the tube. If that doesnt work, try a new tube. If the fixture has two tubes, replace them both. STILL NO luck? Replace the starter, which is that little silver can usually mounted just above the tube. Be sure to replace it with a starter of the same type. Note: some fluorescent fixand instures (rapid-sta- rt tant-start types) have no Free Estimates! No Obligation! ADVANCED P1DTICTI3M CO. Salt Lake City, Utah 778 West 1 700 So. PATIO COVERS CAR- PORTS .AWNINGS starters. If the new starter doesnt solve the problem, turn off all power to the fixture, open up the fixture and remove the ballast. The ballast is the boxlike device with the wires coming out of it. To remove it, unscrew the plastic wire nuts securing the wiring, and CALL GARTH GEDDES FOR FREE ESTIMATE MODELS ON DISPLAY 5S Hftnim ALL SEASON CABINS, "WE GIVE SERVICE" 262-246- 449 EAST Inc. 1474 So. 700 W. Salt Lake City 1 487-062- 3900 SOUTH remove 9 screws. the mounting Take the ballast to an electrical supply house and get another to match it. When you install the new ballast, be sure to follow the wiring diagram on the ballast. It may diiter from the way the old ballast was wired. LAMP flickers or shivers. Tins is common with new tubes They have to break in for about 100 hours before they work properly. If the problem persists, try new tubes and starters as above. Last, try a new ballast. Note: Fluorescents may dicker or swirl if oiierated at temperatures below 00 degrees or so. Special starters and ballasts may solve the problem. If not, you'll need a protected fixture or tube. Shull lamp life Frequent switching on and off can cause this problem. Fluorescents last longest if left on at least three hours at a time. Other causes of short life are bad contact, bad starter, bad ballast. SLOW starting. NOTE: WIRING VARIES FROM FIXTURE TO FIXTURE Kt is if easy with fluorescent you know parts you should problems fixtures outdoors or in unheated rooms and areas near ducts. this probOften Humming. lem is caused by loose parts. Cheek to see that the fixture is tightly assembled. Be sure the ballast The are r by our bad tube, bad starter, ballast. - 0 SIDES Final note: Mismatched can cause any or all of the problems listed above. So can improper wiring of the fixture. If you have trouble eorreeting a problem write to the manufacturer of the fixture to be sure you are using the right combination of tube, starter and ballast. Wood Folding Doors NATURAL WOOD SILENT OPERATION Again, be finished to perfectly motdi no other doer ertdU woodwork, pooebng Avoilo-Woff of o fTKmy decorative potsifeditte vrainut oak. rmhogoay, birch, oth, in pine, Pello folding do or give you natural cherry wood beowty of it beet ond afford much debited door on wad space cheek for proper contact, then cheek starter and tubes. Pella Door coo With rapid start fluorescents, spacing between the tube and reflector is critical and must not be changed. Check to see if the spacing has been altered. Poor starting may also be due to abnormal temperatures. Ise special W UTERAWPE JOEL P. 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