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I am looking to replace the 3 4' fluorescent light fixtures in the trailer. I tried just doing the bulbs to LED but they come on for 10 sec then go back out. Does anyone know the best place to look for these ?
 
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I bought a few of these for work.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077FKJYMB/ref=dp_cerb_3

I purchased similar for my basement and garage from Costco. They are linkable and work great. Hell, I even mounted them on the garage doors so when the door was up, I still had light. lol


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Originally posted by MorgretNation:
I am looking to replace the 3 4' fluorescent light fixtures in the trailer. I tried just doing the bulbs to LED but they come on for 10 sec then go back out. Does anyone know the best place to look for these ?


Did you take the ballasts out or leave them in? The last set of bulbs I helped someone do we had to take the ballasts out.


Ken
 
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Will this bolt right in without any hassles replacing the old fixtures?


Don Kennedy
 
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The old lights have electronic ballests. I just left those in. Am i supposed to take them out?



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I am looking to replace the 3 4' fluorescent light fixtures in the trailer. I tried just doing the bulbs to LED but they come on for 10 sec then go back out. Does anyone know the best place to look for these ?


Did you take the ballasts out or leave them in? The last set of bulbs I helped someone do we had to take the ballasts out.
 
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I looked at them. At least on my trailer It doesn't look like it would be a difficult job. Although every other time I say that it ends up being a catastrophe.



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Will this bolt right in without any hassles replacing the old fixtures?
 
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I converted my shop 8'HD florescent to LED and eliminated the ballasts as per the instructions that came with them. I bought them on Amazon came in a pack of 12. In my trailer I used 3 four foot LED fixtures from Costco, I thing they are Feit brand. They have a cord and plug on them so I wired my trailer so they just plug into an outlet at the roof line, my trsiler has surface mounted 100v in conduit.
 
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I bought complete LED fixtures from Costco. 6 were less than $100 and I took down the old ones, wired in the new ones and it was over. They work fine.....
 
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all you need I the bulbs. some require you to remove the old ballast and some do not. I just left mine in place and wired around them. easy to do


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I got 6 of these on sale for $19.95 each … they worked great plug and play...5,000 lum they only weight 1.75 lbs

https://www.harborfreight.com/...hop-light-64410.html


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I converter some lights at home and I always buy the tubes that eliminate the ballast so when a light quits you know it’s the tube.
 
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I bought complete LED fixtures from Costco. 6 were less than $100 and I took down the old ones, wired in the new ones and it was over. They work fine.....


This is what I did, except mine plug in. I tried to post the link but it's not working....


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Yes they were plug in but I cut the plugs off and wired them direct. Turned them on and cut off the pull cable....pretty simple
 
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Yep. I did a bunch or research last night regarding the different types of bulbs. I have a plan now. I am going to go the route of eliminating the ballast altogether.
 
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I just installed these in mine.. A lot brighter..

Ballast Bypass 4 Ft Replacement..

Dave


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