4 foot LED'S

[skeets]

Question when I built my garage I installed 16 banks of T8 lights and they have been outstanding,,,,,, Until about 4 weeks ago. One bank went out, in the far end, no biggie, then 2 more and so on until this afternoon I hit the switch and only 2 T8's fired, leaving me pretty much in the dark. And I figure the ballasts went south after almost 20 years. So the prices are pretty high on ballasts around here at Lowes and HD, I thought about the 4 foot LED replacements. Did some lookie lookie on you tube and they look like they might out live me. Has any of the collective replace them or use them, any problems ect?
i

 

[dlsmith]

Last year I replaced all the bulbs in my nine 8 foot fixtures in the shop with LEDs. I pulled out the ballasts, cleaned up the fixtures and rewired the fixtures for the LED bulbs. It was a great upgrade, lots more light with 25% of the power consumption. I had a mix of single pin and rectangular pin fixtures, and replacement LEDs were available for both types.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

Question when I built my garage I installed 16 banks of T8 lights and they have been outstanding,,,,,, Until about 4 weeks ago. One bank went out, in the far end, no biggie, then 2 more and so on until this afternoon I hit the switch and only 2 T8's fired, leaving me pretty much in the dark. And I figure the ballasts went south after almost 20 years. So the prices are pretty high on ballasts around here at Lowes and HD, I thought about the 4 foot LED replacements. Did some lookie lookie on you tube and they look like they might out live me. Has any of the collective replace them or use them, any problems ect?
i

I did the 4 footers in my garage several years ago. I wanted to eliminate the ballasts, but the stores around me just had the ballast type, so I ordered online. I don't remember where, but they were reasonable.

They give much better light and none of the old problems when humid, cold, etc. I like 3000 or 3500 degK color.

 

[KKBL]

You can buy 4 ft LED shop lights for less than $10 each that give more light for less electricity.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XGBKDKZ?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_dt_b_fed_asin_title_0_0&th=1

 

[Russell King]

I suggest you think of replacing the fixtures not just the tubes with led tubes.

I replaced just the bulbs but had to remove the ballasts, Doing that is additional work and you also have to do some wire connections. It is all easy but time consuming. I recall that the led tubes did not fit well into the fluorescent tube holders and that caused some minor problems.

Research costs and time of replacement tubes vs replacement fixtures. You may find it easier to get the complete fixture than the LED tubes.