05-18-2017, 11:58 PM
Racer X wrote:
[quote=MikeF]
You can get LED fluorescent replacements that just go in without the need to remove the ballasts.
Yup. Did that in my garage. $18 for 2 tubes at our local Costco. Work well when cold, instant full bright. Well worth it. Wish I could do that cheaply to my 8' fixtures too.
Depending on how many 8' tubes you have to replace it can be done pretty inexpensively. I did it in a friend's shop in Alaska last summer, but I had to buy a case of bulbs (12) and haul them up there myself. Luckily I needed exactly 12 to complete the retrofit on his shop lights. Having them shipped by commercial carrier would have be very costly though.