Fluorescent ballast part number 2002 Adventurer 35U

[DavidVanDer]

It appears my ballast is burned out for the recessed 2 lamp overhead light in our 2002 Adventurer 35U. I can't seem to find the part number for the ballast or a source where to purchase them. Lots of info about replacing the fixture with LEDs, but no info on the ballast itself. Anyone out there to help? Thanks

 

[bigb56]

It appears my ballast is burned out for the recessed 2 lamp overhead light in our 2002 Adventurer 35U. I can't seem to find the part number for the ballast or a source where to purchase them. Lots of info about replacing the fixture with LEDs, but no info on the ballast itself. Anyone out there to help? Thanks

Is it magnetic or electronic? 12 volt? The type of lamps will determine what ballast you need to buy, not the actual fixture. You'd need to know the lamp voltage and size in watts, and diameter. (T-12/T-8/T-5) Note that the diameter is in eighths of an inch, for example a T-8 is one inch. With that info you would then locate a ballast to fit those lamps.

Many magnetic ballasts and some lamps are now obsolete but there are still plenty of electronic ones which generally work on T-8 and T-5 lamps. A problem that can arise for smaller fixtures that came with a small ballast is that available replacement ballasts to fit your lamps may be too large to physically fit into the fixture. I"ve had to retro-fit a few into fixtures that came with a cheap, tiny ballast. A picture might help.

 

[Morich]

The ballast should have specs stamped into the metal. If nothing better, simply try taking the ballast to a good electrical place to do a cross reference of the parts.
You may need to go a higher level than the local big box to get the right folks to know what those numbers mean, however!

But then. is it possible that now would be a good time to move to LED to gain those advantages, even if slightly more expense now? There are times when we can change out the ballast and tubes to switch to LED and get some real improvements in overall function.
Less power used, less heat generated and longer lasting can be a real winner, especially in RV where battery usage can be a big thing to consider! There are times when LED tubes can slip right into the fixtures we have, without even pulling them down?

 

[creativepart]

But then. is it possible that now would be a good time to move to LED to gain those advantages, even if slightly more expense now? There are times when we can change out the ballast and tubes to switch to LED and get some real improvements in overall function.

Absolutely!

Replacing a florescent light ballast in a 23-yr old motorhome instead of replacing the fixture with a suitable LED fixture is really not the best way to go forward.

 

[Morich]

There may be some doubting the switch to LED as they had had a bad experience with not liking the "color" of the light.
That may be lack of finding there are choices available in the color or Kelvin rating of LED.
It can take a bit to find what Kelvin sui9ts each of us but some general ideas are easy enough to sort.
If you like a bright white almost blue tint to the light, go up into the bulbs with rating like 5000 K, but if that is not what you like and it feels too "hospital white", move down into the lower ratings like 3500K. Plants in aquarium is where I really got lessons in how much the light can change things but it really is not that hard to find the products.
It does take a bit of study to find what we each may like, though!

We have swapped out almost all the house lights to LED and find sever things we like much better. We rarely swap out the fixture but once we found how much better they last and how much less heat they produce, it really made sense to stop heating the house with light bulbs while trying to cool it with the air conditioner!

 

[DavidVanDer]

Thank you everyone for your comments, help, and suggestions. Took your advice replaced the old tubes with nice LEDs and they work great. This is a great forum and there are a bunch of wonderful people in here. I'll do my best to give back.

 

[Bobn1957]

It appears my ballast is burned out for the recessed 2 lamp overhead light in our 2002 Adventurer 35U. I can't seem to find the part number for the ballast or a source where to purchase them. Lots of info about replacing the fixture with LEDs, but no info on the ballast itself. Anyone out there to help? Thanks

You will find that the replacement ballast, if you can obtain one, will be more expensive than a new LED fixture. If you want to keep the old fixture, you might consider replacing the guts with LED tape.