Florescent lighting difficulties

[IH82BL8]

Sorry, I don't have a lot of experience with maintenance and repair on florescent lighting.

I have two 48" 4-tube fixtures in my garage. They were installed in 2002. Lately, they've been slow to start up. I pulled the diffusers and realized two of the tubes in each fixture were dead. I replaced all the tubes and now only one tube out of 8 works. Do I need new ballasts or should I just buy new fixtures. I haven't priced them, but I have a feeling that new fixtures will cost little more than new ballasts and would solve all the problems.

Thanks.

 

[theoldwizard1]

... I have a feeling that new fixtures will cost little more than new ballasts and would solve all the problems.

Likely true (or within a few bucks).

Plus now a days, pretty much everything comes with an electronic ballast which is even more efficient.

 

[IH82BL8]

Thanks. ...and I already have 8 new tubes to go into the new fixtures.