Difference between revisions of "Philips Master PL-Electronic"

Due to their build quality, this lamps are not serviceable in the true sense. Despite the lamp's pro designation, the lamp itself cannot be plugged in and out of the base, to allow simple replacements. While some board repairs can be done if the ballast experiences failure, the most likely cause is the lamp itself burning out, meaning that fillaments are so damaged that the lamp behaves erratically or does not work at all. While fillaments can be joined to allow forced lamp starting, this solution poses risk of catastrophic failure of the internal ballast so it is not recommended. Generally, MASTER PL-Electronic lamps are much more worn out by the time they cease to function so there is very little useful life left for it. The lamp's ballast is quite difficult to access, involving potential partial destruction of the lamp's plastic housing.

Overall, these lamps were at least twice if not, more than that, long lived than typical economy compact fluorescent lamps such as the Philips Genie lamp range. However, operation in enclosed fixtures was still the biggest premature failure cause due to the high stress posed by high temperature operation, mainly in the case of the internal ballast componets.