American Fluoresecent offers the widest selection of ballasts for surface task, utility and commercial fixtures. Any fixture you order from this catalog will be shipped with a common ballast, unless a ballast upgrade is designated by adding one of the following suffixes to the model number. For example: RC240E8 - here RC240 is the model number and E8 is the ballast type. The following chart depicts the ballast and lamp options available in a two-lamp, four-foot fixture and the resulting delivered lumens for the various combinations.
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| Ballast Type: |
R8 |
| Description: |
Residential electronic- Normal Power Factor |
| Lamp Watts: |
32 |
| Lamp Size: |
T8 |
| Lamp Description: |
F32T8/TL471 |
| Life Hours: |
20000 |
| Approx Input Watts: |
56 |
| Initial Delivered Lumens: |
5016 |
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| Ballast Type: |
E8 |
| Description: |
Electronic Octron (commercial use) fully electronic ballast |
| Lamp Watts: |
32 |
| Lamp Size: |
T8 |
| Lamp Description: |
F32T8/TL741 |
| Life Hours: |
20000 |
| Approx Input Watts: |
58 |
| Initial Delivered Lumens: |
5192 |
