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I finally found an old thread on a DIY site where a man listed the ballast he used to repair his Ott desk lamp. I ordered my ballast and it shipped the very next day. I paid $10 for the ballast and $7 shipping. Overall I am extremely pleased with the vendor so I thought I would share the info here. I had to do a little McGyvering to make the replacement ballast fit into the limited space in my lamp head but with my huband's wire strippers, wire nuts and a little bit of "I will make this fit attitude" I am happy to say that my lite is now functioning again!
The vendor's site is prolighting.com. The light I was repairing was an 18 watt version so this is the ballast I used. SC-120-118-CTW. It was a very tight fit but by breaking off the plastic mounting ears I was able to fit this in the lamp head. I didn't want the ballast to be mounted externally and I am not sure that the ballast for the 24 watt lamps will fit inside the lamp cover. This is the 24 watt ballast. NPY-120-126-CFL
I'm confused. The definition of ballast is 'heavy material, such as gravel, sand, iron or lead placed low in a vessel to improve it's stability.'Originally Posted by NanaInVirginia
I had an Ottlite floor lamp that wasn't working and upon searching for replacement parts I learned that they are NOT easy to come by. I called Ottlite directly but they did not have the ballast in stock. They did offer me a super deal on a replacement light, but I opted to continue my search for a ballast instead.I finally found an old thread on a DIY site where a man listed the ballast he used to repair his Ott desk lamp. I ordered my ballast and it shipped the very next day. I paid $10 for the ballast and $7 shipping. Overall I am extremely pleased with the vendor so I thought I would share the info here. I had to do a little McGyvering to make the replacement ballast fit into the limited space in my lamp head but with my huband's wire strippers, wire nuts and a little bit of "I will make this fit attitude" I am happy to say that my lite is now functioning again!
The vendor's site is prolighting.com. The light I was repairing was an 18 watt version so this is the ballast I used. SC-120-118-CTW. It was a very tight fit but by breaking off the plastic mounting ears I was able to fit this in the lamp head. I didn't want the ballast to be mounted externally and I am not sure that the ballast for the 24 watt lamps will fit inside the lamp cover. This is the 24 watt ballast. NPY-120-126-CFL
I have an Ott floor lamp that the bottom has fallen apart. It appeared to be cement like and just broke up all over my carpet. :-( I get the impression you are talking about something other than this part? Right now I have kitty litter in bags on top of the shell to keep it steady so I can use it.
I ordered the OTT light new floor model and there was no way of changing the height of it. I would have had to sit on a bar stool to be able to use the magnifier so I sent it back.
Any ideas on how to fix mine?
