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[John Hall]

They are Satco bulbs, came from a couple electrical supply houses. 
Checked online and the big box stores nor Batteries + Bulbs carried what 
we needed. They cost about $25 per bulb. I can't remember if they were 
double or single pin. Had a guy doing the wiring for me, don't for sure 
but I think he had to bypass the ballast. The fixtures are at least 40 
years old--I don't know if they were new when installed originally. I 
believe these were T8 to take the place of T12. All I know is we have 
NEVER had anything close to this kind of light.

My employer switched our entire shop over though a cost share program 
with the power company. On those, the 8' fixtures were converted to 4' 
by means of a kit. The electricians doing those could retrofit one in 
about 10 minutes.

John Hall



On 1/24/2019 4:37 PM, Gunnells, Brad R wrote:
> Just out of curiosity John, where did you source them from? Local Home Depot or similar store, and what kind of price did you find? Dad's shop has 8' fixtures and it would be nice to get that whiter light in there.
>
> Thanks
> Brad
>
> On 1/24/19, 2:08 PM, "AT on behalf of John Hall" <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>      Made the mistake of switching the farm shop to LED bulbs, now I can
>      actually see what a mess the place was/is so I'm spending a little time
>      trying to get it clean before I dive into a big project.
>      
>      FWIW, I installed 8' LED bulbs in the original fluorescent fixtures,
>      used the kind that do not need the ballast (that was the problem with
>      most of those 40 year old lights). Put in 36 or 38 bulbs--its as bright
>      as sunshine, maybe brighter.
>      
>      John Hall
>      
>      
>      On 1/23/2019 8:37 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>      > The list has been very quiet lately.   I am restoring a 5000 Ford
>      > tractor that was a municipal mowing tractor for many years.  Ended up
>      > buying a used engine to get the injection pump and injectors. Worst
>      > problem is no 3-point hitch....
>      >
>      > Cecil
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