T5 13W florescent ballast

Daox · 01-15-15, 09:24 AM

Its been a while, but I had an under cabinet light go out. I've figured out it was the ballast that went bad on it. I pulled it apart and saw that a resistor was toasted on the board. I pulled apart another one to see what the resistor value was and soldered a new one in. It didn't work. So, I'm looking for a replacement ballast. These apparently aren't available locally for me, and I haven't had good luck on Amazon either. I tried a T12 ballast, but the bulb runs quite a bit warmer than the one next to it.

Does anyone have a source for ballasts they can recommend?

ecomodded · 01-15-15, 11:24 AM

Might be a good time to upgrade the light to LED , if they sell LED tubes in that length ..?

If needed the LED ballasts are cheap on eBay $5-$10 then you could reuse the fixture.

WyrTwister · 04-19-15, 09:31 AM

Go to an electrical supply house . Or try a google search .

God bless
Wyr

Daox · 04-20-15, 01:13 PM

I ended up doing a bit more digging on amazon and found what I needed.

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ecomodded Supreme EcoRenovator Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Vancouver Island,Canada. Posts: 1,037 Thanks: 116 Thanked 100 Times in 87 Posts	Might be a good time to upgrade the light to LED , if they sell LED tubes in that length ..? If needed the LED ballasts are cheap on eBay $5-$10 then you could reuse the fixture.

04-19-15, 09:31 AM	#3
WyrTwister Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: USA Posts: 543 Thanks: 6 Thanked 44 Times in 38 Posts	Go to an electrical supply house . Or try a google search . God bless Wyr