<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>I bought these at Lowe's and I am quite happy with them: <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-Ultra-Bright-LED-Direct-Wire-32-Watt-EQ-T8-Daylight-Medium-Bi-pin-g13-LED-Light-Bulb-2-Pack/5013821001">https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-Ultra-Bright-LED-Direct-Wire-32-Watt-EQ-T8-Daylight-Medium-Bi-pin-g13-LED-Light-Bulb-2-Pack/5013821001</a></div><div>They are super bright - at least twice as bright as the old fluorescent bulbs I was using. They are "direct wire", so I had to tear out the ballasts, but that was easy to do.</div><div><br></div><div>They also make a version that is 96" long with single-pin bases: <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-Ultra-Bright-Direct-Wire-250-Watt-EQ-T8-Daylight-Single-Pin-T8-LED-Light-Bulb-2-Pack/5013822219">https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-Ultra-Bright-Direct-Wire-250-Watt-EQ-T8-Daylight-Single-Pin-T8-LED-Light-Bulb-2-Pack/5013822219</a></div><div><br></div><div>Doug</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 1:24 PM john niolon <<a href="mailto:jniolon@att.net">jniolon@att.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div><font face="Segoe UI">Hi all</font></div>
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<div><font face="Segoe UI">My 30 year old 8' t-12 (single pin) garage fixtures are slowly dying...(4 total double tube)</font></div>
<div><font face="Segoe UI">the old t-12s are hard to find and expensive (16-20 bucks a tube)</font></div>
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<div><font face="Segoe UI">Want to change to led... lots of options - 8' led tubes are expensive too ... </font></div><div> </div></div></blockquote></div></div>