grsthegreat
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Different companies get different build qualities. Sylvania leds are usa manufactured.
LED shop lights
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k0ua
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I too believe the reliability has improved in the last few years.
What I need is Beyond Bright, neve enough light in garage and they last a live time too, but wait theres more.......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2qinhAeg8g
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I have three quality 8 foot florescent fixtures in a 2 car garage and at some point will get replaced. They light great and I've only replaced the bulbs 2-3 times in 25 years so they have done me good. Would 3 of those screw-in LED lights be the way to go in a all white finished garage? All I would have to do is remove the old fixtures and install 3 of those bulb fixtures where the wires come out of the round light boxes.
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I have a 24 x 28 shop. Thirteen Costco LED 4ft lights. Love them. 4000K. Also a bunch of various LED bulbs of various styles all though out the house now. Only a couple of incandescents left anywhere. Those will go soon. Where's the wood because I need to knock on it... I have yet to have an LED bulb fail.
I also have several fixtures in my basement/utility room where I simply swapped the fluorescent with an LED bulb. Didn't mess with the ballast and they work fine.
I also have several fixtures in my basement/utility room where I simply swapped the fluorescent with an LED bulb. Didn't mess with the ballast and they work fine.
Oaktree
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That's all I've done...left the ballasts in place, just replaced the tubes. No problems. If the ballast had failed I replaced the whole fixture.
Can't comment on the Cosco fixtures...they don't seem to have much of a presence in this part of the country, but I've (so far) had good luck with the $15 ones at Ocean State Job Lot, a regional overstock/discount chain.
grsthegreat
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Problem with leaving ballast inplace is the old ballast becomes the weak link. Failing and aging ballast are the prime reason florescent lamps fail. I like to eliminate them.
WranglerX
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There are LED tubes you can use that you can disconnect ballast, and don't have to replace whole fixture....
How to Bypass a Ballast | 1 Bulbs.com
Replace fluorescent tubes in 3 of my shops 5 fixtures and now have to wear dark glasses in shop (well not quite)...
Dale
How to Bypass a Ballast | 1 Bulbs.com
Replace fluorescent tubes in 3 of my shops 5 fixtures and now have to wear dark glasses in shop (well not quite)...
Dale
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Only good to say about the 4' Costco fixtures and 4' bulbs installed years ago... not a single issue and ended up buying a lot for friends.
Moms garage/workshop was wired in 1959 with 4ea 3 bulb floresent metal fixtures... very heavy construction.
Dates back when they had starters and getting all 12 bulbs on the same page never happened... some would start, some flicker and some had to be replaced... bulb, starter or ballast... big heavy ones.
I took out all the bulbs and put 2 ea Costco 4' LED in each... so 12 40W bulbs removed and replaced with 8 LED.
I still like going into the garage and turning on the lights... instant on, silent, no flicker and the best light ever... just right illumination and color... this is what sold the neihborhood.
Not typically an early adopter as still have a rotary dail and rabbit ears and DSL... but the change has been great for the garage.
I left the ballasts in so it was as simple as R and R.
In Olympia the garage shop had 8 foot bulbs and always issues... just buying new and bringing home a problem and the cold weather meant poor light until everything warmed up.
Replaced the two each 2 bulb 8' fixtures with two 4' Costco fixtures... perfect for parking and storage and no more cold temp issues.
Moms garage/workshop was wired in 1959 with 4ea 3 bulb floresent metal fixtures... very heavy construction.
Dates back when they had starters and getting all 12 bulbs on the same page never happened... some would start, some flicker and some had to be replaced... bulb, starter or ballast... big heavy ones.
I took out all the bulbs and put 2 ea Costco 4' LED in each... so 12 40W bulbs removed and replaced with 8 LED.
I still like going into the garage and turning on the lights... instant on, silent, no flicker and the best light ever... just right illumination and color... this is what sold the neihborhood.
Not typically an early adopter as still have a rotary dail and rabbit ears and DSL... but the change has been great for the garage.
I left the ballasts in so it was as simple as R and R.
In Olympia the garage shop had 8 foot bulbs and always issues... just buying new and bringing home a problem and the cold weather meant poor light until everything warmed up.
Replaced the two each 2 bulb 8' fixtures with two 4' Costco fixtures... perfect for parking and storage and no more cold temp issues.
For two storage barns I'm replacing the florescent fixtures with common screw in bulb fixtures. Im using a combination of 100w equivalent LED bulbs and the 6,000 to 8,000 lumen triple lights. Easy to replace or increase levels since they use standard household bulb sockets.
For the workshop with a higher light level I haven't decided what LEDs to go with. Some early ones I've bought gave already burnt out.
For the workshop with a higher light level I haven't decided what LEDs to go with. Some early ones I've bought gave already burnt out.
