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bestatchess · 01-14-2007, 07:35 AM

I had an old school T-12 light fixture in the kitchen with the ballast(s) out. Replaced two old ballasts with one new electronic instant start ballast & four T-8 tubes after the guy at Home Depot gave me the heads up. Very nice upgrade and definitely the way to go as I would have had to buy two of the old school ballasts but needed only one electronic ballast. Although the T-12 tubes are bigger in diameter, the T-8 and T-12 pins fit the same socket. You need to pay attention to the difference in wiring the old rapid start v. instant start ballasts because the new instant start electronic ballasts are wired with the pins on the tube shorted. Very simple to wire in this manner once you google it and see the diagrams.

I should have done this years ago, but I had no concept.

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bestatchess Super Moderator iTrader: (2) Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 9,262 Thanks: 1 Thanked 27 Times in 22 Posts	T-8 v. T-12 I had an old school T-12 light fixture in the kitchen with the ballast(s) out. Replaced two old ballasts with one new electronic instant start ballast & four T-8 tubes after the guy at Home Depot gave me the heads up. Very nice upgrade and definitely the way to go as I would have had to buy two of the old school ballasts but needed only one electronic ballast. Although the T-12 tubes are bigger in diameter, the T-8 and T-12 pins fit the same socket. You need to pay attention to the difference in wiring the old rapid start v. instant start ballasts because the new instant start electronic ballasts are wired with the pins on the tube shorted. Very simple to wire in this manner once you google it and see the diagrams. I should have done this years ago, but I had no concept. http://www.mge.com/business/saving/detail/t8.htm __________________