Why can’t I find standard Magnetic T12 Fluorescent Ballasts anymore? The standard magnetic T12 fluorescent ballasts that have been the workhorse of the commercial lighting market for the past 60 years were phased out on July 1, 2010 due to the EPACT legislation. While remaining inventories of these magnetic ballasts that operate (2) 4 foot or 8 foot T12 fluorescent linear tubes can be installed and sold off until inventories are depleted,most distributors by now have sold most of their existing inventory. End users that are still using the tradition size fluorescent lamps, are now faced with the reality of how to repair their light fixtures. End users now have three options for dealing with their fixture problem. Frontier Lighting can help! 1) If you are satisfied with the overall performance of the T12 fluorescent bulbs that you are currently using, Frontier Lighting has an electronic ballast in stock that will operate the older style T12 lamps in either 4 foot or 8 foot. The wiring for a two light fixtures would be the same as the magentic version, for a one light setup, two of the wire leads would need to be capped off. 2) Convert the magnetic ballast to an electronic ballast that will operate up to ( 4) T8 fluorescent lamps. This style of fluorescent ballast would require changing your fluorescent lamps to a more energy efficient T8 fluorescent lamp (light bulb), the fixture and the fixture sockets can be reused, the wiring however, may need to be modified depending on the electronic ballast. Frontier Lighting has ballasts available that would wire the same as the magnetic ballasts using 2 blue (more…)
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