"Terry Coombs" wrote:

There goes that 2-tube T12 fixture over the shop door ... just now called
the local hardware/lumber store , they have 48" grow lamps for 8 bux each .
We be jammin'!

I'll suggest one upgrade: Change the ballast in that cheap shoplite to a
solid state one. I measured about a third less power consumption, so
doesn't take forever to justify the cost, and the solid state ballasts
don't need the lamp's filament to start, so can use lamps that you thought
were "dead."

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