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Turning a florescent replacement type A LED T8 into a type B
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dclevy1:
Is there a way I can turn a type a t8 LED strip into a type B strip. I want to be able to use 120 volt from Mains directly to the light like you can with the type B lights. Maybe reverse-engineer or remove a certain component from the board or add a really cheap component. The reason I ask is because I have tons of these type A lights because they were on clearance at a local store. But I want to be able to wire 120 to the lights because like I said before I have a bunch of these lights and I don't want to have to spend a whole lot of money on ballasts.


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edavid:
You can buy a good ballast for $11 or so that will run 4 strips.  Hard to see how you could build anything cheaper than that.
dclevy1:

--- Quote from: edavid on July 15, 2018, 03:55:55 am ---You can buy a good ballast for $11 or so that will run 4 strips.  Hard to see how you could build anything cheaper than that.

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I see what you mean but the way I want to implement them will be far apart from each other and I am trying to convert multiple areas of my home to LED T8 so the 11 or so dollars is going to add up really quickly. And what I mean by far apart I mean I will be making custom fixtures that will require me to destroy the outside of the bulb so that it is just the strip left behind. So I have no issue with modifying the strip to accommodate 120 volt


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dclevy1:
I literally have 30 of these bulbs that I want to do something weird with LOL


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Cody Turner OKC:
hi, I have one of these that i wanted to try and use for a bench light over my desk, i reverse engineered it and got it working i can send you the schematic for mine
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