Fluorescent Lights Not Working

By

foxrun41

If you don't know what the starter is or located go to your local hardware store and ask someone in the electric dept. They will show you what it is and where it is located.

By

WildIrish

As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, the starter could be the problem. If replacing that doesn't fix it, then you need to replace the unit entirely.

By

alloydog

Have you tried changing the starter unit? That's the small cylindrical thing about one-and-a-half centimetres diameter across. If that is not giving a high enough charge to gas in the tube, it will not light properly.

By

joeyhurt

The fluorescent light in my kitchen does not light when I put the switch in the on position. When I put the switch in the off position and put a black (hot) insulated wire on the terminal screws, the light was on. I replaced the switch but the light did not operate. What might be wrong?

My fluorescent light fixture is not working. My 2 bulb fluorescent light (one of three fixtures) in the kitchen was working. Then it would light and shut off, then light up again, then shut off.

My fluorescent light is not working. I replaced the 2 lights, but it is still not working. Only the ends of the bulbs flicker with light.

I thought my bathroom fluorescent light bulbs had simply burned out one day. We purchased new bulbs, but it was the same.