[Shop-talk] Lighting

[Darrell Walker]

A couple of years ago I put in a bunch of T8 fixtures (I think they can
actually take either T8 or T12 bulbs), supposedly electronic ballast.  After
about a year, some of the bulbs started to not come on.  I replaced a few, but
in the process of that I found that just removing and reinstalling the bulb
would "fix" the problem for a while.  Any ideas what the problem might be?  Is
it bad connections in the end caps, a problem in the ballast, or something
else?  The temperature in my garage never gets below 45 or 50, and rarely
above 80, so I don't think it is a temperature problem.

-Darrell


On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:01 AM, David Hillman wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Gil Fuqua wrote:
>> Take a look at T-8 fluorescent fixtures.
>
>   Seconded.  I have a much smaller garage, but since I switched to T8s
lighting is never an issue.  The old T12 units would not work much below
freezing, and I had to replace them often, even with just 5 fixtures/10 bulbs.
I've never, to my recollection, replaced a T8 bulb.  They just work great.
>
> --
> David Hillman



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Darrell Walker
66 TR4A IRS CTC67956L
Vancouver, WA, USA