I think I have seen T8 bulbs at HD.

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Alan


On 11/06/03 02:57 pm put fingers to keyboard and
launched the following message into cyberspace:

I just hung a florescent fixture in my garage and it has an electronic
ballast. The ballast says I need T8 bulbs (32 watt). I looked online
and found out these are 1 inch dia. bulbs. All I could find at the
local hardware store were the "standard" 32 watt bulbs, that are
one and a half (1 1/2) inch CW bulbs. (T12). The bulbs fit in the
fixture and light. But I am concerned that it may damage the ballast
or bulb, since this is not the recommended bulb.

Anyone got any comments?

Yep! I just purchased 4 of the same type of fixtures at HD and also picked
up a 25 bulb case of bulb..

I didn't find that they cost much more than quality T12 bulbs.

The new fixtures sure work great in the low 30s temp we're having right
now.. Suppose to be good down to zero.

Steve

Get the T8's they will work this winter when it gets cold and they will
produce more light.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math


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I just hung a florescent fixture in my garage and it has an electronic
ballast. The ballast says I need T8 bulbs (32 watt). I looked online
and found out these are 1 inch dia. bulbs. All I could find at the
local hardware store were the "standard" 32 watt bulbs, that are
one and a half (1 1/2) inch CW bulbs. (T12). The bulbs fit in the
fixture and light. But I am concerned that it may damage the ballast
or bulb, since this is not the recommended bulb.

Anyone got any comments?

Thanks