Get the $20-25 ones for Home Depot. T8, electronic ballast, cold start
down to 0F, virtually no hum. 32w bulbs give off slightly more light than
the T12 40s.
At 03/02/2004 at 15:56, Shakespearean monkeys danced on Wayne Farrington's
keyboard and said:
>I've about had it with the lighting in my shop. I have twenty, twin
>tube, 8ft. florescent fixtures on two separate circuits. Many of these
>fixtures are connected (hardwired) together end to end, and hung from
>chains from the tall ceiling. Some are surface mounted under the
>mezzanine.
>
>These are the cheap, single pin fixtures. They make a tremendous amount
>of noise. Worse when cold, but still unbearable when warm. I don't know
>if it is the particular frequency that these things are humming at but
>it drives me up the wall. I can hardly stand to be in the building for
>very long. You can tell when the lights in the shop are on right when
>you pull in the driveway, as your radio signal gets wiped out right
>away. I've tried changing ballasts, bulbs etc. These lights just plain
>suck.
>
>I would like to replace these with the electronic ballast type. I'd
>really rather not have to dismount all these fixtures. I'm hoping there
>is some sort of retrofit kit that would provide the ballast and the end
>connecters, and I can use the same fixture shell. I realize this will be
>expensive, but I've got to get this fixed.
>
>Has anyone done something like this or know of any kits?
Cheers!
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