Fluorescent Ballasts

Fluorescent ballasts start and run T8, T5 and T12 lamps, and the ballast type decides whether the fixture dims, whether it is instant-start or programmed-start, and how many lamps it can drive.

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Buying guide: Fluorescent Ballasts

Match the lamp first: a T8 ballast drives T8 lamps, and a T5HO ballast drives T5HO lamps — they are not interchangeable. Then match the circuit: two-lamp, three-lamp and four-lamp versions exist, and a four-lamp ballast in a two-lamp fixture wastes capacity and may not strike correctly. Input voltage and dimming capability come next.

We stock instant-start, programmed-start and dimming ballasts for T8 and T5 systems, in two-lamp and four-lamp configurations.

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