buy led frosted and ditch the ballast .I built my shop in 2015. T5 HO florescent were the latest, greatest. next big thing at that time. Maynards had them on sale 8 foot 4 bulb fixtures. I bought 16 fixtures and am starting to need some new bulbs, they don't even keep any T5 bulbs at the local store. Ace hardware wants 14.98 per bulb locally. I can order bulbs online but they will cost almost as much as I paid for the whole fixtures bulbs and all 9 years ago.
Retrofit kits to use 4' bulbs instead of 8' bulbs are inexpensive.Yeah unfortunately my fixtures take 2 8ft t8’s. They’re not the 4 4ft bulb variant. I agree those are easier to deal with all around.
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