k0ua
Epic Contributor
How do you by pass the ballast? Looks like you can use the same fixture but a 都imple ballast bypass is required. That word “simple” when used with electrical is always a warning sign to me.
By pass the ballast by loosing the one nut holding one end and slide out the other end from the slot, cut the wires from it, and throw it in the trash. Ballast is now bypassed. The hot and neutral wires from your outlet are wire nutted to some of the original small wires that came with the ballast/fixture to go to the single end "tombstone". You do need to look at the "tombstone" to make sure that the contact pins on the "tombstone" are individual pins and not shorted together. So end result, I did not need new tombstones, and was able to use the original wire nuts and wires. All I needed was a pair of wire cutters and a nut drive to loosen the nut holding the ballast so I could slip it out and discard it. it took longer to write this "book" than it took to get rid of the ballast and rewire. Seriously you are overthinking this bigtime.