headlamp issue

[mike]

New year greetings to all, and with the new year a new problem……

One of my gas discharges lamps is misbehaving, some times it strikes and then goes out, sometimes it works for a while and then goes out, always it recovers if you switch off and back on, generally in less than five attempts.

I’m hoping it’s some component going marginal in the electronics or a bad solder joint so I’m going to pull it and inspect. Anyone come across this before and can offer some pointers?

Cheers