Quick General Question about Troubleshooting

[duckboy81]

Hey there,

I am trying to test whether the CFLs are the cause of my monitors peril. As shown in the pictures, the board has four slots dealing with CFL bulbs. Unfortunately one of the CFL sticks is visually cracked so I can only plug in one stick (of two plugs) and test, while the other two plugs are left empty.

My question is whether or not leaving the other ports open will trigger some sort of safety device to shutdown the CFLs completely after two seconds.

Thanks!

EDIT: Will be attaching pictures as soon as they travel through the internet

[duckboy81]

Re: Quick General Question about Troubleshooting

Pictures attached.

[budm]

Re: Quick General Question about Troubleshooting

If one lamp does not stay on after striking voltage is applied, the inverter circuits will shutdown, if the lamp draws too much current, it will shutdown, if it does not detect any current draw (lamp not connected) during striking, it will shutdown. So everything will have to function within first 3 seconds.
https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=19987

http://s807.photobucket.com/albums/y...g%20old%20CFL/

Bad CFL: http://s807.photobucket.com/albums/y...klight%20lamp/

[duckboy81]

Re: Quick General Question about Troubleshooting

Thanks!