nry
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I got one of these rather cheaply on eBay - £6, plus £11 for a courier collection, then £10 for two T5 bulbs from LampSpecs - bargain!
Anyhow, the seller messaged me as they were boxing it up to say that two of the T5 connections were cracked and did I still want it - I said yes, I'm not scared of a bit of work, especially paying under £30 for a £150 luminaire!
Move on to the repair - all fine, superglue is marvellous stuff, however I am not 100% sure I got two of the wires back in to the bulb holder correctly and I don't want to blow anything up when the lamps are fitted.
Are the two wires into each bulb polarity specific?
The picture below shows the connection in question - does the short wire from the opposite bulb holder go into the bottom or top of the holder shown in the picture? If you could post a shot of this part from yours I'd be very grateful - it is the end opposite the power lead:
Anyhow, the seller messaged me as they were boxing it up to say that two of the T5 connections were cracked and did I still want it - I said yes, I'm not scared of a bit of work, especially paying under £30 for a £150 luminaire!
Move on to the repair - all fine, superglue is marvellous stuff, however I am not 100% sure I got two of the wires back in to the bulb holder correctly and I don't want to blow anything up when the lamps are fitted.
Are the two wires into each bulb polarity specific?
The picture below shows the connection in question - does the short wire from the opposite bulb holder go into the bottom or top of the holder shown in the picture? If you could post a shot of this part from yours I'd be very grateful - it is the end opposite the power lead:
