Shop Light Delayed Turn On

Never heard of that. Are you sure there is not a protective peel off coating? I;m thinking Kyrlon of rustoleum as a solution.

Nope, mfr proudly brags on the box about how how the sheet metal is protected with powder coated black paint!

Only thing I can figure is some summer engineering intern designed it- though the engineering manager and the marketing guy had to sign off on it.

Back in his box and ready to return it to the store this afternoon.

Couldn't you paint it white yourself? I realize it kills the bargain, but there's a way forward.

A black reflector...boggles the mind.

Wasn't there a picture of it on the box? Display model in the store?

No white paint on hand and figured a spray can would run me $2-$3.

The big box website listed a much heavier duty white fixture for only two bucks more than bargain blackie so when I returned it, I picked up the white one. Very nice- even has a pull chain on/off switch.

Installed it and all is bright with the world...

That must have been some real idiot to design a light with a black reflector that will only absorbe most of the light. I guess that it would be ok to have a black fixture if the bulb its self had a reflector in it.

He peobably wants screen doors on submarines and clear glass bathroom doors.

MAybe it's for hippies who smoke pot and want to use it with black light bulbs.

what has been everyone's experience with the reliability

of the LED tubes. Even LEDs need ballasts, they are just built into the

tubes and are still the weak link relative to reliability.

mark

I've had one a couple of years now. Get turned off and on a lot and is still working.

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Five units mounted in unheated area of garage. Full brightness (much brighter than fluorescent tubes) and full on instantly regardless of temperature.

Color me happy!

The LEDs need some circuitry to rectify, filter, and present a workable impedance to the 120V AC.

You can call it 'ballast' if you want, but that might be misleading to someone who uses 'ballast' in the traditional sense regarding fluorescent lighting circuits.

Call it a "LED power brick"

Nothing but goodesults with the direct fit units and same with dedicated fixtures - would not use the ones where you need to modify the fixture - technically illegal as no valid ULC or CSA cert for canada - not sure of legality in USA

And LEDs need current to be limited.