LED shoplight conversion Part 2

It's been about a week since I started working on converting my workshop lighting from 400 watt Metal Halide lamps to the more efficient "Direct WIre" T8 LED bulbs that fit into a standard T8 fluorescent lamp fixture. I used commercial 6 bulb T8 "high bay" fixtures that I found used for a good price on Facebook Marketplace. Back when I built my shop, the metal halide lamps were the most efficient option out there, and LED lamps were still new and unproven, not to mention prohibitively expensive. As time went on, and I started this YouTube channel, the constant buzzing of the metal halide ballasts were annoying to say the least, and many of my viewers commented as such. By the time you got done trying to filter out the noise from the audio track, what was left sounded terrible. My Son rekindled my enthusiasm for an LED conversion during a recent visit when he talked about doing the conversion in his automotive repair shop using the now available T8 type B, LED lamps that are completely self contained. You remove the ballast and "direct wire" mains voltage to the little "tombstones" that hold the bulbs in place. What was most appealing about his idea was that if(when) a bulb fails, I can just go to Lowes and pick up a replacement for about $6. All the commercially available LED lighting uses proprietary lamp modules, and when they fail, you have to replace the entire lamp assembly. Even if they do have a 5 year warranty, it's still inconvenient waiting for your replacement to arrive, that's assuming the model you have is still available, or the vendor you purchased from is still in business to honor your warranty (read Amazon).

Видео LED shoplight conversion Part 2 канала Michael Paladini