Non Ballast Flourescent to LED Shop Light Conversion
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Published 2016-03-06
All Comments (21)
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This is exactly what I have and appreciate this video more then you can imagine!
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All my ballast lamps have been done for years except for this one which was just waiting to find this explanation. Watched several times through and correlated every step with other vids. Worked like a charm! Thank you!
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Thank you so much for this video. Very good, thorough instructions.
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The video was very helpful, but one tip….The inside of the end caps can be taken off by inserting a screwdriver on the inside where the half moon shape is. Pry the tabs towards the outside.
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Exactly the video I was looking for. Too bad I cant hear it. Thanks for your effort.
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Did this modification and it ONLY works with DUAL ENDED, ballast bypass LED tubes (Type B). Dual ended tubes have Line (L) on one end and Neutral (N) on the other. This modification will NOT work with direct replacement (Type A) tubes, single ended ballast bypass tubes (Line and Neutral on same end, separate pins) or T8 fluorescent tubes (because the ballasts have been removed). Hope this clears things up.
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I got it to work. On the power end I connected 1 outside wire to the hot wire 1 outside wire to the common wire and connected one inside wire to the hot wire and 1 inside wire to the common wire. I terminated all wires on the opposite side of the light. A led only needs power on 1 end. Thank you for your video, without it I would have had no clue. I have 10 of these lights all are now running LED'S
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I know this is old but I’ve been messing with this video all day so I owe it to the next victim: Don’t do anything you see in this video. Simply twist all wires on one end of the fixture together and connect to the neutral wire coming from the cord. Then twist all the wires at the cord end of the fixture together and connect with the hot (the black wire coming from the cord). Could have saved myself hours. 😑 I tried two iterations before this one and neither worked, including his method in this video.
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You would up your ratings if you would rerecord the sound, and perhaps have some written comments to explain things.
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So did the small white box in the middle of the fixture with the resistors? in it get cut and thrown away?
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Fantastic
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Glad we found this video, but when we put in our LED bulbs, they were very dim for some reason.
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Thank you good Sir
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Any one know how to do halco double end led bulbs in this type of fixture I just tried this method definitely a fail
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I tried this and my lights turn on but extremely dim? Any idea
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Thx..
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I did every exactly the way you did, the bulbs did not light. DAMN
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Huh? What? WE CANNOT HEAR YOU
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On corded endcap, the tombstone needs a black and white wire (paint or white tape one of the black wires to each tombstone. Connect power cord black to black wires and white to white wires. Simple... cut wires off opposite end and electrical tape them.
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Did exactly as shown and wore noise cancelling blue tooth over ear headset to hear the narration.......lights go on but only very dimly. I copied every sept. Bummed now that I have to spend $20-30 per fixture installing T8 LED fixtures for all 12 of my 4ft shop lights. Absolutely devastated this didn't work but thank you for at least trying to help us out. If anyone has any suggestions then I am all ears as my wife and I really can't afford new fixtures.
