Bug Zapper - top fluorescent light socket won't turn on even with new bulb - doesn't seem to have starter or ballast?
Need advice on next steps! This is likely a white label product. It's your typical 2-bulb UV fluorescent bulb (10 watts each) with a 2800V indoor transformer to fry those damn houseflies. The front is labeled "Pest Killer," but the company name, at least according to the order details, is Micnaron. I replaced both bulbs with new ones. The new bulbs both turned on when they were installed in the bottom socket but won't turn on in the top socket. I know that fluorescent bulbs use starters and ballast, so, assuming one or both went bad, I took the zapper apart to find them, but all I could find/see was 2 sets of circuit boards. OK, so maybe I'm way behind the times and don't know what to look for anymore, but my internet and YouTube searches on bug zappers specifically and fluorescent light bulbs more generally yielded nothing -- all I found were explanations on how to replace starters and ballast, none of which resembled what's on the two circuit boards. I know that I should do as much of my own research as possible, so all I'm asking is for help in asking the right questions or for someone to point me in the right direction OR to tell me that I should post this question in a different community. If it helps, here's a link to a photo of the zapper and various photos of the circuit boards and light sockets: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GYGfmVMUS4fRQu8Z8 Lots of thanks in advance! submitted by /u/Never_Worship [link] [comments]
Need advice on next steps! This is likely a white label product. It's your typical 2-bulb UV fluorescent bulb (10 watts each) with a 2800V indoor transformer to fry those damn houseflies. The front is labeled "Pest Killer," but the company name, at least according to the order details, is Micnaron.
I replaced both bulbs with new ones. The new bulbs both turned on when they were installed in the bottom socket but won't turn on in the top socket. I know that fluorescent bulbs use starters and ballast, so, assuming one or both went bad, I took the zapper apart to find them, but all I could find/see was 2 sets of circuit boards. OK, so maybe I'm way behind the times and don't know what to look for anymore, but my internet and YouTube searches on bug zappers specifically and fluorescent light bulbs more generally yielded nothing -- all I found were explanations on how to replace starters and ballast, none of which resembled what's on the two circuit boards.
I know that I should do as much of my own research as possible, so all I'm asking is for help in asking the right questions or for someone to point me in the right direction OR to tell me that I should post this question in a different community.
If it helps, here's a link to a photo of the zapper and various photos of the circuit boards and light sockets: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GYGfmVMUS4fRQu8Z8
Lots of thanks in advance!
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