mark32
Senior Member
- Location
- Currently in NJ
During my vacation (1,100 miles away) I installed two 4' t5 fixtures in my parents house. They worked great but we didn't care for the 3500k coloring of the bulbs I bought at HD. On the day I left I sent my parents to a bulb specialty store for two f28t5's 3000k, which they had to order. I get a call tonight from mom and dad saying that upon turning the fixtures on with the new bulbs my father smelled something burning and promptly turned them off. He said the bulbs didn't put out much light before he noticed the smell, which wasn't long. The new bulbs, from Osram, are FH28t5's. Does anyone have any ideas as to what attributed to the more than likely damge done to these brand new fixtures?