Question about repairing ESL lamps. Will the lamp work like this?

Question

Do it yourself

Hello. There is a 250 watt ESL lamp, part of the ballast burned out, and 4 out of 8 pipes do not burn. Is it possible to transfer the spiral from the pipes to another part, the working one?

Answer 1

if one of the filaments burned out on a fluorescent lamp, i.e. its resistance is very large, then the lamps must be changed - it will not work (or it will be very unstable). one filament to start is usually not enough and the lamp starts to "click" flashes.