Changing t12 fluorescent to t8
Not sure if this is the right place for this. Have a fluorescent light in garage very dim in cold weather.Went to home depot purchased a ballast and t8 bulbs removed old ballast and bulbs installed ne...
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If you have a favorite T12 shop light fixture you want to bring back into the good old days of light output, order a 1.20 ballast factor ballast for F32T8, and look for bulbs rated at 3000-3200 lumens. You'll be right in there at about 3600 lumens per lamp--similar to the old days before energy saving ballasts and econowattF40T12 combined to have very poor light output. Plus the new technology will do it at 100 lumens/watt --better than the old days.
These rock as far as light output and efficiency-- and it isn't new tech so the price is right.
http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-49873-QHE2X32T8-Fluorescent-Ballast/dp/B002CYVFTC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426309158&sr=8-1&keywords=QHE+2X32T8%2FUNV+ISH-SC
Here's a 3100 lumen bulb to go with it:
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-139881-ADV835-Straight-Fluorescent/dp/B002CZ0X1C/ref=sr_1_90?ie=UTF8&qid=1426309874&sr=8-90&keywords=f32t8+800
I've seen 3000 lumen bulbs at Lowes, etc.
These rock as far as light output and efficiency-- and it isn't new tech so the price is right.
http://www.amazon.com/Sylvania-49873-QHE2X32T8-Fluorescent-Ballast/dp/B002CYVFTC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426309158&sr=8-1&keywords=QHE+2X32T8%2FUNV+ISH-SC
Here's a 3100 lumen bulb to go with it:
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-139881-ADV835-Straight-Fluorescent/dp/B002CZ0X1C/ref=sr_1_90?ie=UTF8&qid=1426309874&sr=8-90&keywords=f32t8+800
I've seen 3000 lumen bulbs at Lowes, etc.
