yuandrew
Flashlight Enthusiast
So while walking home from my friend's, I came across a pair of flourescent tubes in someone's trash. I noticed they were T8 tubes so I took them out and examined them. They did not appear to be burned out; in fact both looked brand new and still had the pricetag on them. Both are Sylvania Octron Eco and say FO32/841/ECO under that.
A few months ago, my Church changed out all their lights to electronic ballast and T8 lamps (I forgot what brand of lamps they used but they were some off brand) I tried the T8 tubes they had in an old shoplite in a storage room and they lit very dimly and didn't come to full brightness.
I decided to try both Sylvania T8 tubes in my kitchen thinking they also won't work on a magnetic ballast but to my surprise, they worked. However, they lit the brightest in the one fixture in the middle; the other two fixtures off to the side didn't seem to light them to full brightness but they worked. As of now, I put the T12 tubes into the two fixtures on the right and left and have the T8 tube in the middle fixture where it seems to work the best. I guess a kitchen should have more than enough light. Now that I've done it, that brighter T8 tube makes my older T12 tube look dimmer and pinkish.
Still, what will running T8 tubes on a T12 ballast do in the long run?
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Here's the ballast that's in the fixture
A few months ago, my Church changed out all their lights to electronic ballast and T8 lamps (I forgot what brand of lamps they used but they were some off brand) I tried the T8 tubes they had in an old shoplite in a storage room and they lit very dimly and didn't come to full brightness.
I decided to try both Sylvania T8 tubes in my kitchen thinking they also won't work on a magnetic ballast but to my surprise, they worked. However, they lit the brightest in the one fixture in the middle; the other two fixtures off to the side didn't seem to light them to full brightness but they worked. As of now, I put the T12 tubes into the two fixtures on the right and left and have the T8 tube in the middle fixture where it seems to work the best. I guess a kitchen should have more than enough light. Now that I've done it, that brighter T8 tube makes my older T12 tube look dimmer and pinkish.
Still, what will running T8 tubes on a T12 ballast do in the long run?
Picture
Here's the ballast that's in the fixture