Has anyone KEPT their fluorescent ceiling fixture?
Laura Ready
9 years ago
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Comments (5)lithonia lighting shoplight fixtures from doitbest hardware online, will deliver for free to your local store. that is where i buy mine, and then i refurbish the fixtures with used t8 ballasts u can find on ebay for cheap, and then wire them for "overdrive". this is very easily found on overdriven fluorescent lights by google search. i use the 4 lamp sylvania and advance instant start ballast, and use a 4 lamp ballast to run just 2 lamps - this gives them extra current, and they will go more bright for you. i also line the reflector with mylar, that i fasten on with carpet tape. this gives you a totally superior lamp for fairly cheap, and it will use ordinary t8 lamps, which are also quite cheap and have a long life....See MoreInboard/outboard switching for fluorescent ceiling fixture?
Comments (8)What kind of fixture are you looking for? It is standard industry practice to retrofit ballasts in fluorescent fixtures. The individual components are UL listed and the instructions for the ballast purchased separately show that this is the intended use. I've never heard of an inspector questioning this. Not all fixtures are designed to hold all types and quantities of ballasts so there are limits to what you can do. Ballast casings come in standard sizes and fixtures are designed to accept a specific size of ballast. Manufacturers have fixtures that can be configured with two, three, four or more lamps and the channel where the ballast goes can accommodate one or two ballasts. Some fixtures are designed better than others in terms of controlling temperatures that can affect ballast life span. The latest electronic ballasts are getting so smart that they automatically adjust for input voltage between 120 and 277. ItÂs easier to stock the right replacements and no more wrong voltage order problems. Digital addressing is an option now. You teach the ballast which switch to listen to and you can re-teach as office spaces are changed so that you don't have to rewire to accomodate a new floor plan layout. There are companies that specialize in fluorescent fixture upgrades and they may retrofit new ballast, lamps and reflectors into old fixtures. All of that above is for commercial type fixtures that you see in the ceiling of a typical office space since the industry evolved with that intent. Are we talking about houses here? If so it is probably more common to dim the fluorescents rather than A/B switch them. IÂve not experienced residential fixtures other than 8Â tandem fluorescent strips in garages and similar lens wrapped fixtures in studios, garages, home offices that can be retrofitted in this way....See MoreHow to change lightbulbs? Fluorescent in kitchen ceiling fixture.
Comments (4)"How to change lightbulbs. I have a 15" x 50" oak wood frame fixture. There appears to be no way to remove it! " You don't need to remove the fixture to change a flourescent tube, unless this is a very unusual light. The opaque glass or plastic panel should pop off or drop down depending on how it is secured....See MoreQuestion @ Removing Fluorescent Light Fixture
Comments (5)Thank you all--you confirmed my fear that by removing the light fixture I might be opening up a whole can of worms. I'm not doing a remodel, just trying to get rid of things I don't care for. We moved into this house last fall and it feels like I'm in a slump as far as attacking the things that aren't my style, so I'm trying to pick some of the easier things to work on. I was humming along pretty well for a while, and then pfffft. I haven't decided what kind of fixture to replace the fluorescent with yet, either. Both our cameras are on the blink right now, but once one of them is working I'll post a photo of the very odd light arrangement in the kitchen, and ask for advice. In addition to that fluorescent fixture, there is a weird kind of spotlight hung just a few feet from the fluorescent box that shines light on ...drumroll please....the front of a cabinet, for no known reason. The mysteries of this 1969 split foyer run deep!...See Moresnoonyb
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