Fluorescent Light Switch Replacement

Remove the magnetic ballast.

Fluorescent light switch replacement.

There will be four to eight wires coming out of the ballast. Find fluorescent lighting parts accessories at lowe s today. It was easy and. Switch and drive pot for ecoflex led light 4 led switch and drive pot for ecoflex led light 7 led 241a.

Photos 2 and 3 show how to remove the old ballast from the fluorescent light fixture. Using the wire cutters cut both power brown and neutral blue wires coming into the fixture. Consider the led tubes color temperature if you are going to replace fluorescent light with led lighting you must take into consideration the color temperature. 99 15 00 led dimmer switch.

If you allow the lamps to burn out in the sockets this can burn out the ballast. Remove the bulbs and open up the fixture as shown in photo 1. Our high efficiency ultra high lumen lights can act as 1 for 2 replacements allowing you to light a 4 lamp fluorescent fixture with just 2 led tubes or a total of 40w vs 128w. Leds use between 60w and 80w per 4 lamp 4 foot fixture vs 128w to 172w but they can do even better than that.

Getting rid of the ballast and the t8 fluorescent bulbs that burn out and retrofitting and converting to led was the best thing i have done. Confirm that the new ballast matches the old one photo below and then install it as shown in photo 4. 2 button switch for fluorescent lights. A lower kelvin figure means the color is warm and tends to be closer to orange.

The most common problems with fluorescent lighting and how to fix them. Ballasts are available in a standard light output high light output and a low watt design with input voltages of 120 to 277 or 347. Use the wire cutters to cut the wires connected to the sockets. Cap the wires with wire nuts.

Sku product price default. Simply replace the lamps typically every two years depending on the amount of use. These ballasts are available in either instant start or programmed start ignition for extended lamp life in frequent switching applications such as those where occupancy sensors or motion detectors are being used. Screw the electronic ballast into the fixture in the same place where the magnetic one was.

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