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Originally Posted by geeteeohguy
Yet another vote for LED's. I converted a friend's faulty fluorescent lamp to a ballast-eliminating LED 'Daylight' lamp (4 foot tubes) and it's like the sun shining in the room. Uses 30% less energy than ballast-type fluorescent tubes, and is more than twice as bright. No heat generated, either. Be sure to get the ballast-eliminating (bypass) tubes. The ones that advertise 'plug and play' with the original ballast suck....and have all the problems that ballast systems have. LED tubes have gotten downright cheap, too.
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Agree about the conversion tubes with ballast intact suck. I tried them and they didn't last 6 months. I then started replacing my fluorescent fixtures a couple at a time getting the Feit brand from Costco as I previously posted and have all but one replaced at this time.
I saw the Rural King units, but I've stayed with the Costco/Feit ones so far.