Light fitting with dichroic bulbs -help

RachelD

I have had an IKEA central light fitting in my kitchen with four movable lights on 2 parallel wires - which take dichroic thingies.
It has been absolutely perfect for 2 and a half years since my kitchen fitter fitted it. And then one light went. I was expecting to replace a bulb - as you do- but the it appeared to be a sealed unit with 2 little prongs on top. I replaced it with one that looked similar - the choice in the supermarket was bewildering. Also the writing on the old fitment was too faded to read.

Unfortunately the little prongs on the old bulb had to be levered out with pliers. That worked but I was never sure if the new bulb was the right wattage- the new one shone suspiciously brighter. Then about 3 weeks later 2 other bulbs went - I replaced these with a 12 watt fitment - the prongs of old ones had to be taken out with pliers as before.

Now the whole thing isn't working. I left it working Ok and when I came back to the kitchen 10 mins later, all was dark. Nothing else has fused. Can't get an electrician due to Christmas and cooking by torchlight is not the safest or easiest thing in the world.

I know it's probably impossible to say without seeing it , but is it possible I need an entire new fitment.

Rachel

catkins

Hi,

It sounds like you have the wrong wattage bulbs. Look on main fitting not bulb and it should say. Most multi bulb fittings are 20w. It is possible that there is a trip or fuse inside the fitting if you are lucky otherwise it is a new fitting. Do not open fitting unless you know what you are doing the voltage inside is 240v ac.

Flimber

Ikea do fully compatible bulbs for their entire range. I'd go there first. Failing that, do you have the pamphlet 'manual' for that model ? That would say which type it requires (assuming not written somewhere on the light itself). Last resort: state model here and someone will no doubt takt it upon themselves to help you out with an exact bulb spec.

Mike.

Mr_Proctalgia

If it is the one similar to mine, two clear plastic covered wires that the light fittings clamp on to? Then they will be 12Volt 20Watt lamps. Also the reason the bulbs are hard to remove is because on mine they are held in with screw clamps, you need to loosen them first. Also the transformer will have something written on it regarding its output either 80 Watts or 80VA or similar, have another look and let us know.

RachelD

Thank you all . When daylight comes, I'll look at the central unit _I'm pretty sure I never saw any original instructions , probably thrown out by my carpenter as he hated all things IKEA.

Rachel