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« on: October 21, 2011, 11:04:12 pm »

The bottle door light on my Vendo 110 is having issues.  I'll press it and hold it down and it will turn on fine.  But, it only stays on for a few seconds to maybe 10-15 seconds as most and then just turns off and never comes back on (unless I hit the switch again).  Any ideas as to what potential problems I should be looking into before I take things apart?
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« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2011, 07:08:44 am »

sounds like bad ballast.
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2011, 08:41:44 am »

Have you tried a new lamp?  if yours is getting old & the tube ends are blackened, it may be time for a fresh one.
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« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2011, 10:00:02 am »

sounds like bad ballast.

Where is the ballast located?  I just don't want to take more apart than I need to since I have no idea where it is.


Have you tried a new lamp?  if yours is getting old & the tube ends are blackened, it may be time for a fresh one.

The bulb looks pretty old so I'll go ahead and replace it too.
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« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2011, 10:34:02 am »

Try the bulb first...the ballast is 50 screws away behind the main door liner!
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« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2011, 12:55:21 pm »

It may just be the little starter, assuming it is a flourescent bulb since you're talking about a ballast.  You can pick those up for really cheap at Wally World.
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« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2011, 01:21:54 pm »

No starter on a 110
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« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2011, 01:38:32 pm »

Yep, no starter on the V-110, the push-to-start switch is the manual lamp start.

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« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2011, 01:54:20 pm »

Try the bulb first...the ballast is 50 screws away behind the main door liner!


I started with the bulb and it seems to be good. Thanks for the help everyone.
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« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2011, 04:51:38 pm »

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