DIY: Troubleshooting and changing a ballast for fluorescent lighting T12/T8/T5 process is the same
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2021
- The process is the same for any fluorescent light ballast T5, T8, or T12. Here I show the process of troubleshooting a T5 ballast and changing it with a new one.
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I will be adding a first hand view so you can see exactly what I see. I shot quite a few videos without, but I have started filming with the new views available. Moving forward the new videos will have first hand view, sorry for the inconvenience.
Is the ballast still working for you?
How old was that light? I thought ballasts typically last 20 plus years
I believe it was about 8 years old. I have seen them go bad in new fixtures to old ones from the 70's. For the most part the majority of them last reasonably long.
@@SolidElectricalSolutions OK good, I initally thought it was my switch so I swapped that out, still nothing so figured it was the ballast. My volt tester still seeing power to the fixture. Thanks for the reply!
@@SolidElectricalSolutions So I swapped out the ballast, and yup! That was the culprit. Our light's not that old, probably about the same as yours, 8 - 10 years. Good to have light again! :)