ElectroLund

starter socket contacts

I inspected the lamp socket, wiring, and the contacts.

starter/lamp mount

More pieces in the socket assembly.

starter socket

Wiring tests out fine.

22W starter: FS-22

All fluorescent lamps require starters to charge the gas inside the bulb to illuminate. I replaced this starter just in case. Wasn\'t the problem.

lamp belly

new transformer from old old

Next up was the AC transformer in the base of the lamp. Turned out to the be problem, which is odd. I measured the output of the transformer and there was nothing coming out! So I tore apart another lamp and scavenged its similarly rated transformer.

new transformer test setup

I tested the new transformer\'s output

transformers

new and old transformers

new transformer in case

As with most projects, here\'s the hardest part: re-packaging. I had to go to great lengths getting the old transformer out of the plastic package (read: Dremmel).

illuminated lamp

It\'s alive!

finished lamp

Here\'s the finished lamp, looking through the illuminated glass from the top, down at a circuit board.