Coleman 8d flourecent dimming

flashburn72

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Just got the 15 watt model. for some reason it dims after 1sec.
Is there some kind of protection in there? I am running a couple of 3aa to d battery holders in place of two D.
 
if its a compact florescent theres going to be a ballast there, and ballasts will try to draw more current than those AAs will allow...
there is a reason why they designed it with D cells you know:crazy:

Whats going on at the moment might be a starved ballast and very deep cycled AAs, repeat with all 8 D cells and see if you can replicate the phenomenon.
 
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