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Posted by Vlad on May 31, 2008, 6:24 pm
Dump them in the shit can and get some CFL's.
That heat you feel is your electric meter spinning wildly from the inefficiency
of the ballasts.
>Nate Nagel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have some troffers in my basement that I got off Craigslist; I'm very
>> happy with them (they look much better than the previous shop lights
>> screwed to the joists with lighting panels in the drop ceiling below
>> them...) however one had a loud ballast in it. I pulled it apart today
>> to replace the loud ballast and found that the other ballast was very
>> hot - hot enough that you can only comfortably rest your hand on it for
>> 10 seconds or so. (I have it wired so each ballast is controlled by an
>> individual switch, so you can have bright lighting for fine work or
>> normal lighting for simply being downstairs.)
>>
>> Am I correct in ASSuming that this is not normal, and that I should
>> procure yet another ballast? These are typical troffers like you'd find
>> in an office with four 40W tubes and two ballasts. The tubes connected
>> to the hot ballast light up fine and I have not noticed any unusual
>> operation, but it simply seems too warm.
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> nate
>>
>
>well I guess this must be normal, the replacement ballast (scavenged
>from another similar fixture) is just as hot after being on for a couple
>hours. I guess I never ran them exposed before or paid any attention.
>Or do I have another bad one?
>
>I don't have any other fluorescent fixtures to install laying around
>although I do have tons waiting to be installed...
>
>nate
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