Maybe you guys can help me with a problem I'm having with my bathroom light fixture. It's a combination fan/light, model is FV-LP003, but I can't seem to find much about it online. It's got 2 compact fluorescent tubes; the connector is 4 pins, G24q-2 base. It also has a small incandescent bulb as a night light.
Incandescent bulb works fine. The fluorescent lamps were dead when I moved in here, and after replacing them the right lamp flickers and hums for a few seconds before it turns on. It can last from just a couple seconds up to maybe 40 seconds or a minute. Once it lights up, it stays on fine and doesn't flicker again until it's been off for a while. I've switched the lamps around, tried news lamps, and it's always the same side of the fixture. They're the same kind of lamps that were in there originally, and are the correct ones as far as I can tell.
Does it sound like a problem with the ballast? Is there anything else I should try before replacing it? The contacts didn't look dirty to me, but should I try cleaning them? With like contact cleaner spray, or is there a better way?
Incandescent bulb works fine. The fluorescent lamps were dead when I moved in here, and after replacing them the right lamp flickers and hums for a few seconds before it turns on. It can last from just a couple seconds up to maybe 40 seconds or a minute. Once it lights up, it stays on fine and doesn't flicker again until it's been off for a while. I've switched the lamps around, tried news lamps, and it's always the same side of the fixture. They're the same kind of lamps that were in there originally, and are the correct ones as far as I can tell.
Does it sound like a problem with the ballast? Is there anything else I should try before replacing it? The contacts didn't look dirty to me, but should I try cleaning them? With like contact cleaner spray, or is there a better way?