What say Ye

[plow]

http://shreveport.craigslist.org/mat/4818246921.html

 

[cybrdyke]

I'd say no thanks.
T12 is old, inefficient and mostly it's been banned by the government making future replacements hard to get. I suppose it would be an option to purchase these, change the ballasts to T8 and get new lamps, but that much effort might not be worth it to you.
Good luck.
CD

 

[plow]

Thanks for the input, I'm passin.

 

[plow]

HOLY JUMPIN GEEHOSAFAT! Have y'all seen the prices of florescent lights!!!!!


What's the correct T8 ballast to use with a single 4' bulb?


I going to have to do some cost comparisons. Maybe a jury rigged reflector of some sort.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I have (3) double bulb single pin F96T12CWP fixtures and (2) double bulb F40T12CWP bipin fixtures in my garage and the only reason they're not in the scrap yard is I have a LOAD of bulbs and ballasts. I may still dump them when the ballasts go. The 96" Slimline bulbs are still available for about $9.00...

Tommy

 

[Norcal]

HOLY JUMPIN GEEHOSAFAT! Have y'all seen the prices of florescent lights!!!!!


What's the correct T8 ballast to use with a single 4' bulb?


I going to have to do some cost comparisons. Maybe a jury rigged reflector of some sort.

If they are going to be run a row, use a 2-lamp ballast.

 

[plow]

If they are going to be run a row, use a 2-lamp ballast.

You're a Genius.

 

[cybrdyke]

What's the correct T8 ballast to use with a single 4' bulb?

Advance's part numbers are ICN1P32, IOP1P32, or IOPA1P32. The suffix will be either -SC or -N. Any of these will work. Other big brand names are Sylvania, GE and Universal.
Avoid all the rest.
CD

 

[hayhauler71]

If they are going to be run a row, use a 2-lamp ballast.

or 4 bulb with one ballast in a row is another option

 

[plow]

or 4 bulb with one ballast in a row is another option

Can that be done with sayyyyyyyy 5' between them? Same ballasts as cybrdyke referenced?

 

[plow]

Maybe in a J box with 2 lights on either side. Six rows of those might be good for a 40 x 60 x12 huh?

 

[cybrdyke]

Can that be done with sayyyyyyyy 5' between them? Same ballasts as cybrdyke referenced?

Max ballast to lamp distance is 20' with 32 watt lamps. Remember that's feet of wire length to the furthest point, not "as the crow flies", so if you have wads of wire inside the fixture, you wont make it.
Put the ballast in a master middle fixture and go 2 slave fixtures one direction and 1 slave fixtures in another direction.
The ballasts are now ***-4P32-***.
You could also do 3, ***-3P32-***.
Or 2, ***-2P32-***.
CD

 

[plow]

Max ballast to lamp distance is 20' with 32 watt lamps. Remember that's feet of wire length to the furthest point, not "as the crow flies", so if you have wads of wire inside the fixture, you wont make it.
Put the ballast in a master middle fixture and go 2 slave fixtures one direction and 1 slave fixtures in another direction.
The ballasts are now ***-4P32-***.
You could also do 3, ***-3P32-***.
Or 2, ***-2P32-***.
CD

Should be more like 15' if I stay 5' off the wall (Unless you're talking 20' total length). and actually due to the material that I used, my width is more like 38' an change.

I gotta go to bed now, 4:30 am comes soon. I'll draw up a sketch tomorrow and post it up. Now I'm seeing $avings. Thanks for y'alls help guys

 

[cybrdyke]

20' max of wire length from where the wire comes out of the ballast to the farthest socket.