Light Bulb Not Working,

[mark1973]

i bought a new light bulb 8 days ago,i ve just tried it ,and it flickers and comes on dimly,then goes off,i paid 16pound for it,would i be able to return it, i have a receipt

 

[daleboy]

If it is only 8 days old then you can return it.
Have you tried replacing the starter?

 

[mark1973]

no but my other light bulb works okay

are starters alot of money and easy to get hold of

 

[daleboy]

Starters are usually around 50p to a £1.
You can get them from any DIY shop and more than likely the shop that you got the bulb from.
So your old bulb works fine then.
Are both the bulbs the same wattage?
If they are I would be more inclined to say the bulb is as you first thought faulty.

 

[mark1973]

Starters are usually around 50p to a £1.
You can get them from any DIY shop and more than likely the shop that you got the bulb from.
So your old bulb works fine then.
Are both the bulbs the same wattage?
If they are I would be more inclined to say the bulb is as you first thought faulty.

yes i borrowed my mates bulb ,just to test it and it worked fine. it must be the bulb, its a 15watt bulb i need, my mates was a 15watt ,workd fine, so at the moment my tanks has no light,coz my mate needed it for his tank,im just about to go excahange the broken bulb, i hope it is that, illpost whether the new bulb works in an hour when i get bak ,thanks sor your help

 

[clintsc27]

Yeah I have bulbs that work intermittenly cause stuff splashes and gets in the sockets. i have recently completely abandoned incandescents though. Last year around this time I jacked a CCFL tube (cold cathode flourescent) from and old laptop monitor I had laying around (plus the inverter board). I mounted it in my tank hood and it has outlasted like a years worth of regular bulbs, and its still shining brightly. I got a CCFL tube from and old scanner Im gonna rig up in it to. If you want I can post instructions, its easier than you would think. But it does require a few components, know how to solder, and a few tools like a drill and such. I just drilled holes in my lid and epoxied the tube in there and ran wires. Its all very simple but you know the CCFL tubes for things like monitors and scanners have to last years so it was worth it. Plus they use way less energy. My tube I have hooked up now uses like 12V and 5V at like 500mA at the most. All in all it uses no more than 10 watts and puts out enough light to equal 2 15 watt incandescents. Plus they put out a better spectrum if you got live plants.