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Many years ago I bought a magnetic ballast 18 watt fluorescent fitting at a radio rally, it was less likely to be hit by the loft lid, so I used it as a landing light, and since I had found a HF emergency ballast I rewired it using the ballast, putting the ballast into a adaptable box in the loft, likely around 1992 at a guess, the tube failed after around 12 years, so replaced tube, but last time tube failed my son who now owns the house could not buy a replacement fluorescent so thinking it was a wire wound ballast and not realising there was an electronic ballast in the loft with a battery, fitted an LED replacement.
This thing is it works, it will be replaced and now looking worse for ware, but it is still working with an LED tube replacing the old fluorescent. I know the 2D lamps can have a LED tube to replace the old fluorescent when they have an electronic ballast, but did not know they would work with a standard straight tube.
Wonder if anyone else has tried using LED tubes with an electronic ballast, and if they worked?
This thing is it works, it will be replaced and now looking worse for ware, but it is still working with an LED tube replacing the old fluorescent. I know the 2D lamps can have a LED tube to replace the old fluorescent when they have an electronic ballast, but did not know they would work with a standard straight tube.
Wonder if anyone else has tried using LED tubes with an electronic ballast, and if they worked?