Stair Light Exploding Ballast

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A sudden loud pop or complete failure of stairwell lighting is often caused by an exploding magnetic ballast inside older fluorescent fittings. We were recently called out to an Edinburgh tenement where a faulty ballast had overheated dramatically and blown out, bringing down the stair lighting circuit.

Traditional magnetic ballasts generate intense heat over years of continuous operation, eventually causing the internal components to fail. To safely resolve the failure and upgrade the stairwell, we:

• Safely isolated the power supply and removed the damaged fixture.

• Upgraded the fitting with a modern, low-energy Coughtrie LED Conversion gear tray.

• Tested the circuit to ensure reliable and flicker-free performance across all floors.

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