Anyone here know much about flourescent light fixtures?

[e30tom]

Have you tried pissing on it yet?

<stimpy>don't wizz on the electric fence...</stimpy>

[Ray Smoodiver]

Yeah. It felt good for a second, but now my cock hurts.

Herpes. It'll get ya.

[Jand3rson]

Have you tried pissing on it yet?

Yeah. It felt good for a second, but now my cock hurts.

[f u z z]

Have you tried pissing on it yet?

[e30tom]

between the two bulbs is a sheet metal cover, usually just bend in tabs, sometimes theres a screw or three. Ballast can be replaced. Here's the thing, bend is cold, and if you don't have the wiz-bang electronic ballast with rapid start and cold start capability, and just have a cheap 12$ fixture it might never light up in this weather. I suggest plunking down the 40$ for a good shop light and replace the whole thing.

Notice, make sure you throw the breaker before playing with wires in the ceiling.

2nd. It might just be easier and cheaper to replace the whole fixture.

[Beej '86 325es]

My buddie's a big car nut. He has cable TV, heat, A/C, and carpet in his garage. Oh, and flourescent light fixtures down low on the walls to see under the cars.

[dgspikes]

i have two 400 watt high pressure sodium lights that i bagged from a job at work in my garage as well as two 4 foot flourescents. its as bright as you can get and the hps lights have been very productive for more than just working in the garage.. it also helps to wire everything yourself and since my daytime job is an electrician, my garage is hooked up with all sorts of cool electric stuff(heaters) and set up for more in the future.

[BDSax]

only thing bad about 8 footers is the humming, but damn do they put out some light.

[SchnellerVert]

I have a dozen cheap 8 dollar 4 foot one in my garage. six on ceiling and six on the walls. Trust me the light up the place. One box of tubes and 12 units all for under 100 bucks.

[mrsleeve]

mmm.. a clean, well-lit shop is a joy to work in.

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I got the light but the clean part................... Got to take care of that

[Simon S]

mmm.. a clean, well-lit shop is a joy to work in.

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[mrsleeve]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
what he said more lights the better, I have 2- 8 footers and 4- 4 footers in my 2 car garage its great just like day time, any time I want it.

[der affe]

before you throw $ at fixing the fixtures. check on the price for new ones at the depot or lowes they are pretty dam cheap and it may be a better deal to just go new and maybe get some more fixtures. i put up 6 4' in my 2 car garage makes it like daylight W/O and shadows! with only 1 fixture you may have some shadowing issues when working on your car in the garage, multiple fixutes will eliminate this and most of the time eliminate the need for a drop light.
greg

[browntown]

between the two bulbs is a sheet metal cover, usually just bend in tabs, sometimes theres a screw or three. Ballast can be replaced. Here's the thing, bend is cold, and if you don't have the wiz-bang electronic ballast with rapid start and cold start capability, and just have a cheap 12$ fixture it might never light up in this weather. I suggest plunking down the 40$ for a good shop light and replace the whole thing.

Notice, make sure you throw the breaker before playing with wires in the ceiling.

[ivo316]

The starter is flush on the metal part of the ballast, you can't miss it, it's just a little cyl. like svn says, the ballast are usually inside the metal part of the fixture.

good luck