flourescent ceiling lights not working?

All of mine failed (double tube 18"??) over a year ago. The ballast is what fails and I was told the double fixture ballasts are prone to failure and replacements are expensive.

I rewired them (bypassing the ballast) with LED strips in a warm white (DW prefers) and all are working with no failures. It was a very easy fix.

There was a thread on RV.net somewhere recently Thread on replacing lights.

Thank yhou, Doug and Sandy. Yes they are 18" double. I guess we will switch over to LED also, but will wait till we are in the U.S., they are cheaper :)

Do you have power to them. Did they all stop working at the same time.

I replaced the whole fixture. PPL parts I believe.

Hi,

LED is the way to go rather than replacing the ballast. Mine are ten years old and have not yet failed. Part of me is happy about that--but I feel it is a repair waiting to happen.

I did not know the LEDs from China were more expensive in Canada.

All lights at same time
You blew a fuse ... dc fuse panel...
Or you have a broken connection....slide out wiring harness ?

I had a ballast fail and and replaced it to a tune of $38.00 plus shipping. That was 2 yeaqrs ago. whan the next one failed, I converted that fixture to LED tubes for the same cost. Bought 2 LED tubes at the Atlanta Rally for 20 bucks each.

Starters are falling out of style as instant on lamps take over, The "Ballast" in an RV florescent is, in fact, an inverter, they do fail.

Recommendation is to take the hit and upgarde to LED now.. LED strips (Some of them simply stick on your existing tubes, or you pull the tubes, sockts and everything else, or in one case I found you re-wire the socket for 12 volts, and pull the "Ballast" completly. WELL designed LEDs have a mean time between failure that suggests you wont' live that long.. Poorly designed LDS. can blow in as little as a few hours. (The story behind that line is my door handle, which was poorly designed, I had to re-design it)

When mine went out, the fuse was corroded, it tested fine, but not making contact

Terry.