T8 fluorescent workshop light not working
#1
09-24-20, 11:37 AM
T8 fluorescent workshop light not working
hello
i have a workshop light
2 T8 fluorescent bulbs 48"
the lights were intermittently flickering for a few months and now everything is dead.
is it safe to assume its the ballast?
also just curious
what is the current preferred type of lighting for workshops/garages etc
still T8 or is it now LED type?
i have a workshop light
2 T8 fluorescent bulbs 48"
the lights were intermittently flickering for a few months and now everything is dead.
is it safe to assume its the ballast?
also just curious
what is the current preferred type of lighting for workshops/garages etc
still T8 or is it now LED type?
#2
09-24-20, 11:39 AM
Member
Dont even consider replacing that ballast, throw it out and get direct wire LED's you will never regret!!
#3
09-24-20, 11:46 AM
Group Moderator
LED all the way. Buy the direct wire (120VAC powered) LED replacement bulbs like Marq1 mentioned. I converted my factory, warehouse and office a couple years ago and would never go back to fluorescent.
When you get your bulbs make sure you read the directions. There are two types. One type you run hot and neutral to the pins on one end of the bulb and nothing to the other end. The second type you wire hot to one end of the bulb and neutral to the other. Both are easy to do, they are just different and not interchangeable.
When you get your bulbs make sure you read the directions. There are two types. One type you run hot and neutral to the pins on one end of the bulb and nothing to the other end. The second type you wire hot to one end of the bulb and neutral to the other. Both are easy to do, they are just different and not interchangeable.
#4
09-24-20, 04:53 PM
Member
Only issue, if you have a radio/stereo in the vicinity, reception is toast, I have tried several antenna variants and nothing resolves, I now listen to CD's with the lights on!
#5
09-24-20, 05:40 PM
Group Moderator
Only issue, if you have a radio/stereo in the vicinity, reception is toast,
#6
09-25-20, 05:21 AM
Group Moderator
#7
09-25-20, 07:01 AM
Member
Electro Magnetic Interference, or EMI, can be a big problem and is largely due to the fact that the LED power supply is switching at some rate to turn the supplied AC voltage into a DC voltage.
#8
09-25-20, 09:39 AM
Member
I only use fluorescent lights and mine have commercial grade electronic F32T8 ballasts (FCC non-consumer limits something or other). those ballasts really kill any FM & TV reception in my small apartment.
