The boring thread.....

[Dextrous63]

I'm with Michael and advocate candles.  

Apart from that, I've not been around much for a couple of days.  Prepping for Xmas, and more to the point we've had our decorator in to do the kitchen.  Lovely fella, great decorator, but by golly he can talk.  He's here for around 8 hours, of which he does 3-4 hours work and the rest of the time chatting. Funny thing is that the nature of painting/caulking etc means that the between task chats is actually useful in that it allows things to go-off.

[klondike]

Measure your tube length and diameter and check their website to find the exact one. They may give watt equivalent which is likely marked on your tube. I'd guess at 40w fluorescent for a kitchen. There should be a stock check function. Don't expect highly skilled advice from people working in retail either.

They may let you recycle the old tube there too.

[Dextrous63]

Could just be the "choke"

Either way, in this day and age it'll be wiser to get a LED equivalent which will last for the rest of eternity.

[klondike]

You mean the starter - they just twist in. The choke is pretty much means replacing the whole fitting as I doubt you can get spares - it's the bit inside that looks like a transformer and yes it could be the starter but sometime the tube will need replacing anyway and by then Mups might not fancy a step ladder. She did it this time and an electrician is going to be another hefty bill.

[Mups]

It was LED I would have bought,  but you are just confusing me even more with talk of Starters, Chokes, and flippin'  transformers??

I think I had better wait for the electrician  (and yet another bill),  because if I get it all wrong, or break something trying to get it back in between the end brackets,   I will only  make it more expensive in the long run.    
Pee'd off.  

[klondike]

All that stuff is for fluorescents and what might be wrong with yours apart from the tube.

 Forget all that and just buy an LED tube, Blame Dex for bringing it up.

[Scrumpy]

I am an old fashioned gal... I still have the regular light bulbs.. When one goes i just replace it.. Sorted.. I don't need an electrician for that..
Just a small step ladder..
Sitting here painting my nails RED.. I've cocked up a bit.. a smudge here and there.. But it's the thought that counts..