Check on ebay for electronic ballasts. I've bought some there for T8
3-48" fixtures for less than half the price ($10) I pay for ballasts at
Home Depot ($26).
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Doug Braun, On 1/29/2010 8:30 AM:
> It's probably hard to find new electronic ballasts for less than the price of
>new fixtures.
>
> A while back I was wondering if I could upgrade my 96" T12 HO fixtures to use
>electronic ballasts, because the stock ones get awfully warm. But electronic
>ballasts of the required size were more expensive than the original fixtures.
>
> I have a 48" 2-bulb T8 fixture in my basement, and it works great. I never
>realized why until I read all these posts in the last couple of days. If I
>were installing new lighting in my garage today, I would have bought several
>of those.
>
> BTW, the original garage lighting was two 100-watt bare incandescent bulbs.
>I was amazed that the previous owners put up with that for 30+ years...
>
> Doug
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