I'm trying to switch a 48" fluorescent bulb with two 24" black light bulbs. Is there any way of doing this that isn't too expensive, or dangerous?
2007-09-04 06:15:01 · 5 answers · asked by Fifa 99 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Your best bet would be to replace the fixture. If you made the switch, you would have to be sure the ballast in the fixture could be used with 2 - 24" lamps instead of 1 - 48" one. If it won't you will have to replace it, which is the majority of the cost of a new fixture. If the ballast is rated for 2 - 24" lamps follow the wiring diagram on the ballast, and relocate the lampholders to work with the shorter lamps. With a little work, and a bit of pplanning, you should be able to do it.
Good luck,
Steo
2007-09-04 06:25:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
48" fixtures use a different ballast than a 24" fixture. A new 24" fixture will be cheaper and easier than messing with the 48.
2007-09-05 10:36:59 · answer #2 · answered by John himself 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO.
The ballast (and maybe even the end the sockets) will only take a 48" tube. So there is no way that is practical. You either need a new fixture (which probably has newer more cost-efficient technology in it) or you need to take the old one down and rip out what is in it and use its shell to put new 24" components in it (a really poor idea as far as I am concerned).
2007-09-04 13:21:35 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, you will have to get 48" bulbs or buy a 24" fixture,
The ballast , that powers the bulbs are made just fore a certain size bulb,
2007-09-04 13:19:56 · answer #4 · answered by William B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can't
the 48" set up was made that way both in the tombstone ends and the ballast wiring
2007-09-04 13:20:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋