Fluorescent light ballast help

[ih]

Hi Need help to identify where I can buy this Fitzgerald ballast for fluorescent light Google can only identify used ones
And in retirement not keen to process the alternative spaghetti wiring I do appreciate it is obsolete perhaps different make?
But direct replacement may help me also don't want to go led change thanking in advance I am sure most experienced & knowledgeable
Will have input
Thanks
Ih

 

[crystal ball]

I used to spend lots of time swapping ballasts in a school prior to LEDs, my local Edmundsons used to supply the new ones

 

[flameport]

where I can buy this Fitzgerald ballast for fluorescent light

New - nowhere. Fluorescent lighting is obsolete.
Tubes are no longer made, neither are the starters, ballasts, fittings or anything else.
Some places might have some old stock of various parts left but those won't be around for long.

Google can only identify used ones

No surprises there.

A used one will work.
What makes you think the one you have is defective?

 

[ih]

New - nowhere. Fluorescent lighting is obsolete.
Tubes are no longer made, neither are the starters, ballasts, fittings or anything else.
Some places might have some old stock of various parts left but those won't be around for long.


No surprises there.

A used one will work.
What makes you think the one you have is defective?

I have replaced starter and new tube no joy hence I conclude ballast it only flickering

 

[ih]

Hi any one will this be compatible? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27731292...W6QF1A5&hash=item4091237247:g:egQAAOSwJbRn~Rk
even struggling to get seconds hope some sparky can confirm many thanks

 

[morqthana]

Tubes are no longer made, neither are the starters, ballasts, fittings or anything else.

 

[ericmark]

Yes, I also did a Google for "20 watt fluorescent ballast" and result

but an LED tube which allows you to get rid of the ballast is cheaper. So from this to this easy enough to rewire.

 

[333rocky333]

Hi any one will this be compatible? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/27731292...W6QF1A5&hash=item4091237247:g:egQAAOSwJbRn~Rk
even struggling to get seconds hope some sparky can confirm many thanks

Yes that's suitable , also Tridonic EC 18 is a good brand and some still about new,, I assume its a 2ft fitting

 

[ih]

Yes that's suitable , also Tridonic EC 18 is a good brand and some still about new,, I assume its a 2ft fitting

Correct 2ft fitting many thanks

 

[ih]

Yes, I also did a Google for "20 watt fluorescent ballast" and result View attachment 392671View attachment 392675but an LED tube which allows you to get rid of the ballast is cheaper. So from this View attachment 392677to this View attachment 392678easy enough to rewire.

Many thanks if I went with the option to convert to led kindly note I have 5 more lights do I have to convert all at same time or can I update
Them as and when required

 

[Taylortwocities]

Many thanks if I went with the option to convert to led kindly note I have 5 more lights do I have to convert all at same time or can I update
Them as and when required

One at a time as they old ones die off.

 

[FrodoOne]

Many thanks if I went with the option to convert to led kindly note I have 5 more lights do I have to convert all at same time or can I update
Them as and when required

You could replace them as required with units using LED Tubes
(such as https://www.amazon.co.uk/IP20-Batte...453&sprefix=600+mm+led+fitting,aps,342&sr=8-2
or with "flatter" units using built-in LEDS
(such as https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bright-Sou...prefix=600+mm+led+fitting,aps,342&sr=8-8&th=1 )

 

[ericmark]

I personally like the idea of plug or screw in lamps, so when they fail easy to replace. So I would go for LED tubes, but likely the integral units do give more light per watt.

As a ceiling rose and pendent, the plug in units, do allow you to work on it on the ground safely, but although others now made, the one shown no longer available, and I wonder for how long will we be able to buy LED tubes to fit fluorescent fittings?

 

[ih]

I personally like the idea of plug or screw in lamps, so when they fail easy to replace. So I would go for LED tubes, but likely the integral units do give more light per watt.

As a ceiling rose and pendent, the plug in units, View attachment 392799 do allow you to work on it on the ground safely, but although others now made, the one shown no longer available, and I wonder for how long will we be able to buy LED tubes to fit fluorescent fittings?

Thanks for the input back in the days I converted nearly 40 lights to GU10 with age short on confidence memory playing tricks colourfull spaghetti wiring definitely looks scary but agree not rocket science

 

[ericmark]

back in the days I converted nearly 40 lights to GU10

It seemed like a fad, as with dimmer switches, think we all got sucked in for a time. I look at my old house, when I left the kitchen had one 22 watt 5 foot LED tube, now 14 x GU10 down lights, at 4.8 watt each, so 67 watt, three times the power, and it does not look any brighter.

So 2260 lumens to 355 x 14 = 4970 lumens, but does not look any brighter. I would say down to what the light is aimed at, shine it at white walls and cupboards and there is more light to shining at a wood look floor. My kitchen does need more light in some areas, but the 4 x GU10 pods with the lights pointing to dark areas of room, and supplemented by cooker hood, and counter lights, it works well, so not the GU10 at fault, it is having them pointed at the floor which is the problem.

Walk into a kitchen showroom

and there is no ceiling on most of it, so lit by massive low bay lamps.