05-29-2017, 09:43 PM
I think I paid 7 bucks for the philips one I experimented with and destroyed. AT HD.
The ones that work with or without a ballast are probably a decent investment, when the ballast goes, remove the ballast and continue on with ROI.
But may as well remove the ballast and then you just have a wiring conundrum as some are single end wiring and some are not.
But not all ballasts were wired the same either so having to rewire could be a wash too if your local store didn't/doesn't have an equivalently wired ballast.
I am still tempted to just put multiple cheapo ceiling sockets and multiple cheapo 60 or 75 watt A19 bulbs in the garage and not mess with these shop lights at all. I've gotten 25+ out of 4 of them and 1 is older. I just still kinda like that long tube of light in a work space.
The ones that work with or without a ballast are probably a decent investment, when the ballast goes, remove the ballast and continue on with ROI.
But may as well remove the ballast and then you just have a wiring conundrum as some are single end wiring and some are not.
But not all ballasts were wired the same either so having to rewire could be a wash too if your local store didn't/doesn't have an equivalently wired ballast.
I am still tempted to just put multiple cheapo ceiling sockets and multiple cheapo 60 or 75 watt A19 bulbs in the garage and not mess with these shop lights at all. I've gotten 25+ out of 4 of them and 1 is older. I just still kinda like that long tube of light in a work space.