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I have all three of the 4 foot long dual bulb fixtures in the closet rewired to use the LED bulbs. The ballast is gone in all of em.
I know the house builder hires a licensed electrician to work with code, and it gets inspected. The electrician must have hired some real beginners to install the fixtures. One of them had two different sizes of screws to hold the ballast in place. One did not have the fixture grounded at all, but it is now. One had all the bulb connectors in crooked, that was a real puzzler.
It sure is bright in the closet now. There is a slight delay of 1/10 of a second for the bulbs to come on. Just a bit weird, but I guess we will get used to it. Now I have a big box of the old florescent tubes to haul to the waste disposal site. Our city has a site where I can bring the brake fluid, antifreeze, and mercury laden bulbs to be disposed of properly.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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