I should sneak over there at night and tell Alexa to turn on the lights.  She is close to a window.

I changed one 8' over and it still kept the ballast (the 8ft was 2 , 4' bulbs with a splice) the LED strip is inside a plastic tube and has ends on the bulb of the single post but splice ends and connector has 2 terminals at joint . 
 Other 4' fixtures i bought are for T8 style small bulbs which I got on sale for $4 for 2 bulbs LED  - then picked up some T12 , 4' bulbs LED for $2 each 
  Next i picked up a string light package at Harbor freight that is 24' in length and takes 12 bulbs - paid $19 each for them with coupon. Am going to run 3 strings down bay with LED 100 watt bulbs in sockets as they have a standard socket in the string - 
 Son bought 100 x 100w - LED box of bulbs for a good price and has did his pole building with 2 strings so far says they work great 

Edited by Coke-in-MN - 23 Dec 2020 at 8:15pm

I bought a 6 pack of 4' LED on Amazon for $50.00 and screwed them into my 4' florescent light and put them down one side of my 60' building and they sure light things up with no flickering 

I used the LED conversion kits to switch my 4' florescent's to LED. A fraction of the price of new LED fixtures and less work than removing old fixtures and installing new fixtures.

Im very interested in doing this too, I think I have the same as the last post JW has, can I just take the old bulbs out and replace with the led kind ? I always hear/see of the ballast, ? If I cant just replace the bulbs what needs to be done ? Thanks  

DougG wrote: Im very interested in doing this too, I think I have the same as the last post JW has, can I just take the old bulbs out and replace with the led kind ? I always hear/see of the ballast, ? If I cant just replace the bulbs what needs to be done ? Thanks

The ones I am looking at, you cut the ballast out, run the hot wire to one end and neutral to the other, the drivers are inside the bulbs. I wouldn’t want the ones that keep the ballasts, the amp draw wouldn’t change and those ballasts will get scarce eventually.

i have those string work lights like Coke has, they are 50 ft long, a bulb every 10 ft and a plug on the end to ad more lengths. i hung them from the rafters the length of my big shop, and placed another string around the walls above my work benches. i have new 4 ft LED lights in my cook shack, comes with 2 rows of LEDS and also has a plug in built in to ad more lights. bought them at a farm store for $10. each. they can be spaced any length you want. 

Hay Don.. when Princess Auto has the 4',10Klumen units on for $50, I'll be buying more ! they are BRIGHT.. I should have bought 6 as PA has free shipping....sigh...

i just eliminate the old 4 ft case altogether... Buy a standard socket for  $2. and install in its place... the standard LED bulbs.......... but i do use DAYLIGHT (5-6000K) not the "COOL WHITE" shown below

Edited by steve(ill) - 26 Dec 2020 at 9:23am

Built my shop LED was not so prolific, went with 8' fluorescent where if change to LED with end up two four footers for each eight unit.  Six two bulb big lamps will be 12 little ones.  Will wait until out of Fluorescent replacements, or move.

 

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two rows of 6 4 ft leds the light were $40 box of 6 from Amazon. In the barn I put petal lights in the sockets really brightened it up.

Edited by Dakota Dave - 17 Jan 2021 at 11:21am