jose bagge
Well-known Member
Kids had been complaining about how dark it was in the basement, so I went an bought a case of tubes and started replacing.
After puting in 28 new tubes, 4 to a fixture, I can say that the basement is only marginally brigher- most fixtures ( all on the same switch) have only two bulbs lighting. Wiring issue? Balast? These fixtures (4 footers for suspended ceiling) are only about 8 years old- can these ballasts be bad already? Ballasts about $30, whole fixture about 45...just replace the fixture on the assumeption that 2nd ballast is about fried too?
Tubes: I always thought that the pins should be parrallel to eact other end to end, but this is NOT the case on all of these Sylvanias bought from Lowes in a commercial pack- some look to be off by 10 or 15 degrees. Is this a problem?
These are T12 tubes....can T8 tubes fit in the same fixture?
In one room, with two fixtures- flip the switch, only one fixture lights. Flip again, other lights. Keep flipping, both will light. None of these fixtures have starters.
What do you think?
After puting in 28 new tubes, 4 to a fixture, I can say that the basement is only marginally brigher- most fixtures ( all on the same switch) have only two bulbs lighting. Wiring issue? Balast? These fixtures (4 footers for suspended ceiling) are only about 8 years old- can these ballasts be bad already? Ballasts about $30, whole fixture about 45...just replace the fixture on the assumeption that 2nd ballast is about fried too?
Tubes: I always thought that the pins should be parrallel to eact other end to end, but this is NOT the case on all of these Sylvanias bought from Lowes in a commercial pack- some look to be off by 10 or 15 degrees. Is this a problem?
These are T12 tubes....can T8 tubes fit in the same fixture?
In one room, with two fixtures- flip the switch, only one fixture lights. Flip again, other lights. Keep flipping, both will light. None of these fixtures have starters.
What do you think?
