How to Retro Fit T5 Fixture with Ballast By Pass T5 Tubes

[@dafarmer4922]

I ordered T8's at a trade show. For months, I got constant phone calls from the ELS sales team, trying to sell me more. Getting rid of the ELS sales force was like trying to get rid of herpes. I started off answering the calls and explaining that I had not had time to clear the floor of my building and rent the man lift required to replace my current bulbs. The calls persisted. Think of 'your car's warranty' type calls. I stopped answering. So then the salesman decided that if I don't have time or inclination to answer his calls, he would come by my place. Ugg. I crawled out of a piece of heavy equipment I was repairing and explained to him (again) the situation of not having time to clear the floor and put up the new bulbs. I even pointed out the new, unopened box of ELS bulbs next to the door where they had sat for months. When comparing the box to my existing fixtures, he realized that I had the wrong bulbs! Thank goodness I didn't do all that work only to find it out myself. So he ordered the right ones. And they were actually cheaper than the wrong bulbs- good news! So he ordered a few more to make up the difference in what I originally paid for. Better news! Then the calls started coming from the ELS office in Wichita, Kansas. YOU OWE US MONEY! I called back and left a clear, concise, profanity laced message explaining the situation. The sales manager called me back and told me sorry, they were wrong, he had had nothing but troubles with the new office manager and all would be taken care of. Wonderful. Don't call me again. I'll call you if I ever want more of your bulbs. But I wont. Flash forward a couple months and, surprise- my account is in arrears. I am sent a notice of over due bill for the charges that were wrong in the first place. I left another, less clear, less concise and even more profanity strewn message for them late last night. Fortunately, I still haven't taken the time to put up the ELS bulbs. I want to return them and never have anything to do with this company ever again. My experience with this company has been very negative, to say the least.

[@MatthewHarrisLawPLLC]

Great video! Very thorough.

[@josephcarroll9522]

What if you have 8 fixtures daisy chained on one circuit?

[@yogiesbeer]

Hey I desperately need your help I have an 8 lamp t5 fluorescent fixture I recently purchased a ballast and need to replace one of the ballast however the new ballast has two blue wires also two smaller blue wires with a white line on it, also two small red wires and two large red wires with white lines on it, at the other end of this new ballast there are two yellow wires and one white wire. Now the old ballast that I had taken out has one yellow and one white wire on the other end of the old ballast there are only four red wires on this end, my question is what wires do I need to use on the new ballastto connect to the four remaining red wires from the old ballast where do the white and yellow wires go? Remember there is an existing ballast that still worksand still lights up the four of the eight fluorescent lights, on the end of this working ballast there is a white wire and a yellow wire exposed on the opposite end of this working ballast these four red wires are currently hooked up to the for fluorescent fixtures that work, the four remaining wires are hooked up to the fourth fluorescent lights and are exposed as I cannot figure out where those for red wires go to the new ballast.. sounds complicated yes maybe I should make this a challenge to you for me as I am running out of resources LOL... Thanks for your help if you can Rob Niagara falls Ontario

[@noonecares8403]

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[@johnparrish6645]

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[@larrypiper2225]

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