Do you still have any of these ballasts for sale
Joe Wells Wrote:
One or two of you may remember that I was bitching about the lack of a
> decent T8 shop light. I gave up and just made my own.
>
> Bought 10 of the Simkar WLD-4 shop lights ($20 each). These are the
> "mid-grade" shop lights at blue borg, but frankly still crap. But the
> shell is OK, and really all I needed. Found an inexpensive source
> (goodmart.com) for a solid T8 ballast (Sylvania QT2X32/120IS-SC) for > $13
> per. Ordered up a box of 10 along with a box of 30 Sylvania
> FO32/835/XP/ECO lamps ($2.69 per).
>
> Dropped in the new ballasts and fired it up. It's just beautiful.
> Instant-on, very bright and the lamps are CRI 82 and 3500K, so they're
> reasonably close to incandescents. I am in shop light nirvana for > under > $35 each. >
> This also means that I have a pile of T12 ballasts that are of no use > to
> me. I haven't converted two of the fixtures while I use up the last of > my
> T12 lamps, so I have 8 Advance Transformer HB-234-TP magnetic ballasts
> laying around. Honestly the power and ballast factors both suck, but
> they're free to anyone willing to pay shipping. Or if you're in the > St.
> Louis area, I'll deliver them. Hate to see them just go into the > trash,
> they're brand new. E-mail me if interested.
>
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> Joe Wells