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2001 U320 Thin light fixture question

September 04, 2012, 04:22:46 pm

Need to know the wattage of the hall and bath 'fixtures' that have double Thin-lite fixtures wired together in one unit end to end. The bulb is the 'twin-tube' style. One of the ballasts is bad and Northern Arizona is trying to determine which ballast in the unit and we need wattage to narrow down. Better yet, has anyone written down the ballast number? There are be two ballasts in each fixture since they are butted end to end.

This fixture is the one about 30" long with the lens trimmed in vinyl and just presses against the ceiling to about 4 clips.

Thanks,

David

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Re: 2001 U320 Thin light fixture question

Reply #1 – September 04, 2012, 04:39:31 pm

do away with the whole inside fittings and put in some strip led lighting, you only need the power and ground lines for this set up. You can make it as bright as you want by adding extra lengths
Check the back issues on led to see
John

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Reply #2 – September 04, 2012, 04:41:25 pm

To identify what fixture you have: 19 Thinlite Indoor Lights

To find out what ballast goes with what fixture: 21 Thinlite Replacement Ballasts

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Reply #3 – September 04, 2012, 05:16:40 pm

Thanks guys. Will get busy and check it out.

David

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Reply #4 – September 05, 2012, 12:32:43 am

We replaced our ceiling light fixtures that had curved U-shaped florescent bulbs, with two new standard inexpensive dual straight florescent 18" F15T8 bulbs.  Now our replacement bulbs are the same as our other florescent fixtures and are readily available at Home Depot or Lowe's.

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Re: 2001 U320 Thin light fixture question

Reply #5 – September 05, 2012, 08:45:09 pm

Went ahead and took a fixture down info on backside. Northern Arizona did not have ballasts. However, Foretravel did. I like the idea though of converting to regular fixtures. Might look into that.

Thanks,

David

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Re: 2001 U320 Thin light fixture question

Reply #6 – September 05, 2012, 11:29:36 pm

David, you need to look at L E D conversion it is simple and save power.
John H

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