ATC123
Comentado en Canadá el 5 de mayo de 2024
Everything is colour coded so it was dead simple to install and likely took no more than 10 minutes to do. Worked perfectly. Not able to find T-12 ballasts locally, so it is great to have a simple solution to sourcing them.
Alastair G. Stell
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 25 de noviembre de 2024
I bought two of these for a pensioner whose kitchen lights had failed. The original ballasts were over 20 years old. These were a perfect fit - the tab on one end fitting into a slot in the fixture and the other screwed down. So although narrower, the length matched the old ballasts perfectly. Leads were also plenty long enough for a 4 foot T12 tube fitting - had no problem teasing out the old wires and inserting the new.In operation the two neon fixtures (total of 4 tubes) came on instantly, no flicker and no noise. This was a much cheaper solution that upgrading to LED's so if you're on a budget I can easily recommend these ballasts as a cost effective solution for older fittings.
Chris Dobyns
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 23 de octubre de 2024
After a little comparison, this ballast turned out to be the equivalent replacement for a 2-bulb OEM ballast, that was +20 years old, and was beginning to fail (long time to light the fluorescent bulbs). The new ballast was smaller and much lighter than the OEM unit, it had clear, color-coded wires and installed relatively quickly. Worked well immediately after installation, and bulbs light quickly and even seem to have improved light output. A good repair project for most DIY folks, even with minimal skills and available tools.
roblaux
Comentado en los Estados Unidos el 28 de septiembre de 2023
My fluorescent light was getting slow to come on, and I replaced the bulbs. The new bulbs worked better, but they were still a bit slow. I was not up to replacing the fixture with a new LED light, especially since I just bought new fluorescent bulbs. I decided to try replacing the ballasts, and the "Philips RELB2S40N35I, Ballast 2 Bulb Electronic T-12" worked great!Installation is easy. Be sure to turn off the power to your light fixture at your breaker box. Cut the wires on your old ballasts leaving some wire there to attach your new ballast to. Unscrew your old ballast and install the new one. I cut mine about in half. The wires on the new ballast were plenty long to reach the appropriate locations in my fixture. Just match up the wire colors from your fixture to the ballast, strip the wires back a bit, and attach them with some wire nuts. The wire nuts were not included. It does not matter which color wire goes to which side (Polarity), only that the colors match. Tie up your hanging wires, attach the shield, install the bulbs, turn on your breaker, and let the light shine!
Time Lord
Comentado en Canadá el 16 de septiembre de 2023
Although the item I ordered was advertised as a "Philips RELB2S40N, Ballast 2 Bulb Electronic T-12", the item I received was identified as "ADVANCE Ambistar RELB2S40N". a moot point perhaps because the Model identification is the same. It readily fit into a new set of sockets for T8, T10 or T12 tubes, in my original double-tube fixture. It works perfectly! (Actually, I ordered 2 of these as I have a few other double-tube fixtures in my basement, and 6 spare T12 tubes, which I purchased back in 2015!) No sense switching over to the newer T8's or LEDs at this point, electricity savings aside. T12-capable ballasts are becoming harder to find, hence the extra one.