Recent content by tfi racing

Why are your T8's failing? I service stores ( 1000-4000 lamps plus per store) that had Phillips T8 LED lamps and ballasts installed almost a decade ago, and the failure rate has been a surprisingly small percentage and the many of those in the first five years were installer error. You should...

Yep, that style of fixture available from almost every manufacturer (sadly, most come from the same Chinese factory no matter what the name is on the box) would do the job. Keep in mind for the most part they are unserviceable and the internals vary slightly so best to grab a couple of spares as...

Interesting, just out of curiosity what is BC Hydro's spacing requirement for this exact situation? When you are done figuring that one out, I would also like to know what the BCTS and CEC rules are on this, I could look them up, but I'm lazy and rather you do it.

Plenty of flexible metallic or non products readily available for this type of installation at even the crappiest hardware store in the middle of nowhere, if it is some kind of mystery, should you really be trying this yourself?

I'm willing to bet that you can swap the existing 40A breaker with a 30A, use the existing conductors and crank all the burners to full heat and still not trip the 30A breaker...

It has already been happening for years, many LED fixtures are obsolete only a few months after they are sold because replacement LED drivers are unavailable, do your research before buying now more than ever.

Do whatever Mark it whatever you like, not compliant anymore anyways...

Decent LED tubes, ok ballasts, the tin boxes they are in are totally ugly and useless garbage. Find some free industrial 8' strip lights and put those tubes and ballasts in them and after all that effort you will find out you were would have been better off buying some new cheap **** LED...

Conversion/mud ring plates for 4 11/16" to 4" so you can use 4" devices and covers are readily available in Canada, shouldn't be hard to find...

A lot of LED fixtures use these drivers, have a gander and see if you can find something that works. https://www.digikey.com/en/ptm/t/thomas-research-products/led-drivers-overview

Follow this guy's advice, natural gas heat is the way to go for a garage in the frozen tundra.

Sounds like my set up, 24K mini split, 5hp compressor, 220V welder, lots of lights on and have yet to experience any issues. Cable run to the shop is 100+ feet and good for 125A, just discovered I have never changed out the 60A breaker that I installed 15 years ago and was supposed to be just...

One single fixture? Don't waste any more time, throw it into the scrap bin where it belonged twenty years ago.

Pay now, or even pay a lot more later. You will need to provide some more information to get any realistic answers that can actually help with your decision making.

Try a small L bracket at each end of the row, you can also glue or silicone them together but will be a pita when comes time to replace one.