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Seat Safety Switch posted:I'm trying to figure out right now how to replace the ballast in a fluorescent light. One of the 80s-era T12 fixtures in my kitchen finally grenaded itself so I bought a $16 solid-state ballast off Amazon. You can replace ballasts in situ. Don't be an idiot and you'll be fine. Follow the wiring diagram on the ballast itself, completely ignoring how the old ballast was hooked up. You may end up with too many or too few wires going to the tombstones in the wrong configuration: it's not the end of the world, just wire the thing up right. For the other posters: if your winters are seriously cold, look at T5s instead of T8s. The smaller lamp and (generally) better ballast makes those things great. I did an rear end-ton of 8-lamp T5HO high-bay lights in a refrigerated warehouse area and they work great. Also, the "32W" T5HO is like a 50 or 60W equivalent in T8; they really pump out the light.
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Slugworth posted:I.... I mean....... Does it really work? It's such a beautiful thought..... Ideal makes a kit for sucking lines through various-sized pipes. It's got flanges and foam and o-rings and seals and gaskets and tensioning locknuts and all this. We just used wal-mart bags on pulling string. It works like a champ. Also, upsize your pipe to 2", unless you already have a 2" in there, in which case put an additional 4" in. Pipe is cheap, pull string is cheaper, digging ditches is a pain in the dick. You never know when you want to pull in 100' of HDMI cable with the ends still attached.
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Hanging fixtures from a ladder like that SUCKS. That is absolutely a 1-day job on a scissor lift. Looks good, though.
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