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Lithonia Wraparound Here's a replacement wraparound I got to replace the old one in my room that had a broken diffuser. It came with a cheap Accu-Pro ballast so I removed it and put the custom ballast setup from my old wraparound back in. The ballasts are a Sylvania 2 lamp IS wired for one lamp and a Sylvania/Motorola electronic RS ballast. Unlike the newer electronic RS ballasts that starts the lamp instantly, this one has a bit of startup flicker. Sockets were Levitons salvaged from the old light and lamps are Philips natural sunshine 5000K T8s. Keywords: Indoor_Fixtures

Lithonia Wraparound

Here's a replacement wraparound I got to replace the old one in my room that had a broken diffuser. It came with a cheap Accu-Pro ballast so I removed it and put the custom ballast setup from my old wraparound back in.

The ballasts are a Sylvania 2 lamp IS wired for one lamp and a Sylvania/Motorola electronic RS ballast. Unlike the newer electronic RS ballasts that starts the lamp instantly, this one has a bit of startup flicker.

Sockets were Levitons salvaged from the old light and lamps are Philips natural sunshine 5000K T8s.

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Album name:joe_347V / Lighting Fixtures
Keywords:Indoor_Fixtures
Company and Date Manufactured:Lithonia Lighting
Wattage:2 x 32w
Lamp Type:F32T8
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Date added:Apr 07, 2013
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A_lights   [Apr 07, 2013 at 04:13 PM]
nice setup! i like how you coiled the wires
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Apr 07, 2013 at 05:47 PM]
Another trick for cleaning up ballast channels (especially with multiple ballasts or lights wired in tandem) is to use zip ties...
joe_347V   [Apr 07, 2013 at 06:39 PM]
Thanks Aaron! Zip ties aren't recommended for electronic ballasts, especially when two or more ballasts are used in the same fixture...
streetlight98   [Apr 07, 2013 at 06:56 PM]
nice set up! Smile who said zip ties aren't recomended? IMO it's all a matter of personal preference. Razz Me, i'm lazy and just fold the wires lol.
joe_347V   [Apr 08, 2013 at 12:40 AM]
I think it was either someone on LG or from a manual on the Advance site. I've only started coiling the wires recently though. Before I used to fold them over or cut off the extra wire.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Dec 21, 2013 at 02:18 AM]
I've only ever used the zip tie trick on magnetic rapid start but why shouldn't it be used for electronic ballasts?
joe_347V   [Dec 21, 2013 at 05:37 AM]
I think it had something to do with the higher frequencies.
streetlight98   [Dec 21, 2013 at 02:08 PM]
Hmm that's odd. I usually just stuff the extra wire down in the cavities where the sockets are at each end lol.
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Dec 21, 2013 at 02:21 PM]
Hmm that's interesting...
As for custom ballast setups, what was the idea here? Unique startup/if one ballast dies the other lamp stays lit?
Right now I have a 400w multitap MH ballast running a 277v Advance single-lamp T8 ballast off the 277v tap (it's wired to 120v like normal and just acting as a step-up transformer) running a spent GE Chroma 50 that's REALLY black at both ends. I bet it sat EOL dim-glowing on magnetic rapid start for many months or even years to be this black! It's gone like this for a couple weeks now...and seems to be hanging in there! Shocked
streetlight98   [Dec 21, 2013 at 07:46 PM]
when one lamp in a two lamp RS ballast is dead often it really blackens the good lamp a lot too though the good lamp will usually last a little while longer.
joe_347V   [Dec 21, 2013 at 09:52 PM]
Well, in this case it was to make the fixture less boring and to make the lamps run brighter since I find single lamp operation has a higher BF.
streetlight98   [Dec 22, 2013 at 12:18 AM]
you should put your magnetic ballast in this fixture. Cool Very Happy
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Dec 22, 2013 at 12:27 AM]
Still very cool! And yeah it might be brighter, and it seems to me that if one lamp/ballast died the other will still work!
I guess you could use two single-lamp magnetic rapid start ballasts or two 2-lamp ones shunted for one lamp...
joe_347V   [Dec 22, 2013 at 05:31 AM]
Unfortunate the ballast channel is too narrow for a proper magnetic ballast to fit...even the Motorola/Sylvania RS one had trouble fitting.
streetlight98   [Dec 22, 2013 at 02:29 PM]
ahh I see. yeah i hate how fixtures have shrunk, prohibbiting magnetic ballasts from fitting. Mad
joe_347V   [Dec 22, 2013 at 11:54 PM]
Yeah, same here. Mad
GEsoftwhite100watts   [Dec 23, 2013 at 01:18 AM]
But it allows the efficient, long-lasting electronic ballasts and less metal, and can be made by children in an overseas factory who are only paid a few cents a day! Laughing
rapidstart_12   [Jul 30, 2023 at 06:54 PM]
Must look interesting to have instant-start and rapid-start in the same fixture!

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