I am doing this in a commercial suite with 16 2' x 4' fixtures with 4 bulbs. I was curious of how you clean the black smoke off of them? I have used a green degreaser in a finger trigger spray purchased ready to use. Been using blue paper shop towels. It seems to dry fast, leaving smears that I have to keep repeating. I tried toluene but the paint they use is not resistant enough and almost came off with the black residue. These lights had heavy old ballast that some leaked oil and corrosive material. I am taking out two heavy old ballast with large bulbs replacing with one small light ballast that powers all 4 T8 and are deluxe daylight bulbs. A beautiful white color that looks amazing with the ceiling! There must be a better way to clean them? Perhaps a rag with bucket of a solution?
Great job, however I noticed some misinformation that I would like to point out. First of all, the T8’s do not cut energy usage in half. Second of all, 2 F32T8’s are not going to equal 4 F34T12’s in light output. Try 4 NEW F34T12’s. They will probably be much brighter than 2 new F32T8’s. Even with a LBF ballast, 4 T12’s would still be brighter than 2 T8’s. However, as I already stated, the retrofit was well done and the video was fun to watch.
If only my high school was able to have an LED retrofit. The T8 lights here look like they are from 1982 and are always failing. Plus, in the gym there are 36 HID fixtures that use an enormous amount of energy.
the LED retrofit on those HIDS would be easy. Bypass that old dinosaur magnetic ballast, tie the power wires straight to the existing socket, twist in an LED corn lamp and you're all set.
figure they applied for the new t8 to be put in then stooped replacing the old t 12s when they burnt out thinking it would be only a month or too and they would be getting new lights then 2 years and tons of paper work later the new bulbs and ballast showed up haha
1. 34 watt tubes are junk anyway; 40 watt are better 2. Half of the old tubes are burned out 3. I highly doubt the new ballasts will last as long as those old ones did
In 2024, they probably have burned out and you could lower energy usage to half by switching to LED panels - getting rid of 1980s fluorescent look for a sleek modern look.
I would imagine this building has been upgraded to LED by now. Hopefully not the crappy T8 LED tubes, but rather retrofit units or new LED fixtures.
I am doing this in a commercial suite with 16 2' x 4' fixtures with 4 bulbs. I was curious of how you clean the black smoke off of them? I have used a green degreaser in a finger trigger spray purchased ready to use. Been using blue paper shop towels. It seems to dry fast, leaving smears that I have to keep repeating. I tried toluene but the paint they use is not resistant enough and almost came off with the black residue. These lights had heavy old ballast that some leaked oil and corrosive material. I am taking out two heavy old ballast with large bulbs replacing with one small light ballast that powers all 4 T8 and are deluxe daylight bulbs. A beautiful white color that looks amazing with the ceiling! There must be a better way to clean them? Perhaps a rag with bucket of a solution?
Great job, however I noticed some misinformation that I would like to point out. First of all, the T8’s do not cut energy usage in half. Second of all, 2 F32T8’s are not going to equal 4 F34T12’s in light output. Try 4 NEW F34T12’s. They will probably be much brighter than 2 new F32T8’s. Even with a LBF ballast, 4 T12’s would still be brighter than 2 T8’s. However, as I already stated, the retrofit was well done and the video was fun to watch.
If only my high school was able to have an LED retrofit. The T8 lights here look like they are from 1982 and are always failing. Plus, in the gym there are 36 HID fixtures that use an enormous amount of energy.
the LED retrofit on those HIDS would be easy. Bypass that old dinosaur magnetic ballast, tie the power wires straight to the existing socket, twist in an LED corn lamp and you're all set.
The 28w T5 reflective adaptors would have been even better than the T8's. Plus, they may be even brighter.
What’s the name of the fixture ??
so your saying you like t12 better?
figure they applied for the new t8 to be put in then stooped replacing the old t 12s when they burnt out thinking it would be only a month or too and they would be getting new lights then 2 years and tons of paper work later the new bulbs and ballast showed up haha
Replacing incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL)
Replacing existing exit signs with light emitting diode (LED) exit signs.
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1. 34 watt tubes are junk anyway; 40 watt are better
2. Half of the old tubes are burned out
3. I highly doubt the new ballasts will last as long as those old ones did
I totally agree electronic ballasts suck, magnetic ballasts last much longer and they are more efficient than electronic ballasts.
@@brendanusualvlogs7842 electronic ballasts are definitely more efficient
In 2024, they probably have burned out and you could lower energy usage to half by switching to LED panels - getting rid of 1980s fluorescent look for a sleek modern look.
Stop updating to shitty new modern lights cause they’re expensive and less reliable