The Ford Barn

Nochop · 01-26-2020, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by philipswanson

A waste of money to replace old florescent fixtures. Costco has drop in 4 ft. tubes that work perfect. Can't see why you need PVC. Just use Romex and tack it neatly if you need to.

Until the ballast go out, then junk em and replace with leds, then I looked at how messy my shop was....

philipswanson · 02-03-2020, 09:23 PM

I used drop in tubes on 21 fixtures. Not one has failed and that was over a year ago. Every one is still working perfectly. Two garages, house and two rentals. I think the ballasts last much longer with LED tubes because of the low current draw. If a ballast goes out I would replace the fixture but so far it has never happened in any of them. Drop ins are a great deal IMHO.

02-03-2020, 09:23 PM	#22
philipswanson Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Bonita, CA Posts: 1,374	Re: LED shop light follow-up I used drop in tubes on 21 fixtures. Not one has failed and that was over a year ago. Every one is still working perfectly. Two garages, house and two rentals. I think the ballasts last much longer with LED tubes because of the low current draw. If a ballast goes out I would replace the fixture but so far it has never happened in any of them. Drop ins are a great deal IMHO. Last edited by philipswanson; 02-04-2020 at 11:05 AM.