Recent content by acillatem

Thanks for all the replies folks! I went with the ones from my electrical supply house. I'm sure the Home Depot/ Lithonia light strips would have been fine, but I guess I have a bad taste in my mouth, because I've gone through 2 pairs of bulb eating T12 fixtures over the last 10 years or so, and...

Thanks! Wonder how long those accupro ballasts are good for.

Well, that's what I was thinking also,and I know it's the right thing to do, just that I'm trying to save anywhere I can these days, and If I'm comparing apples to apples, or even relatively close, $30 is $30. Under normal circumstances, like when my work wasn't slow as hell(i'm a contractor), I...

Thanks.....I appreciate the reply. It's so much a question of what will work, it's more a matter of the quality of the ballasts in the Lithonia lights as opposed to the ones at my electrical supply house. There is a reason they are $15 less at Home Depot, and I'd like to know if it's Home...

I've gone through 2 pairs of 8' T12 strip lights that have done nothing but eat bulbs in less than 6 months, and finally I went to my local Wholesale Electrical supply house and got a little education on magnetic ballasts vs. electronic, and cheap vs. good ballasts, etc., and long story short is...