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Today I installed some new FEIT LED lighting in T8 in the shop. It is a huge improvement. It's not really that difficult but
one needs to remove the ballasts and rewire for the new LED T8 bulbs. That's not what the salesman told me but that
really was no surprise to me. Both pins on each end of these LED bulbs are shorted to each other so with that in mind
one needs a wire from each end of each bulb connected together and the same on the other end. One group of wires
goes to hot(black) and the other to neutral (white). It's all fairly easy but one needs to turn off the lights to work on it
unless you want to work on it hot. I bought a carton of 10 bulbs that costed $100 with tax and it looks like I need to
buy one more batch of 10 bulbs to get it done.
Here is a photo of the old Springfield all lit up in it's glory and below the old Monarch 14C from 1942 war years.
one needs to remove the ballasts and rewire for the new LED T8 bulbs. That's not what the salesman told me but that
really was no surprise to me. Both pins on each end of these LED bulbs are shorted to each other so with that in mind
one needs a wire from each end of each bulb connected together and the same on the other end. One group of wires
goes to hot(black) and the other to neutral (white). It's all fairly easy but one needs to turn off the lights to work on it
unless you want to work on it hot. I bought a carton of 10 bulbs that costed $100 with tax and it looks like I need to
buy one more batch of 10 bulbs to get it done.
Here is a photo of the old Springfield all lit up in it's glory and below the old Monarch 14C from 1942 war years.
