Quoted from BingoBongo:Would that blow the bulb or does it seem like the starter blew? I'm going to go get a couple more starters today. Would there be something else that is throwing it off or blowing the starter?
Bad starters don't blow out florescent tubes. Bad ballasts can. Now, if some moron opened up the starter and bypassed it and left the same, Preheat ballast in place, all bets are off....