Your Garage Lights Suck - Do This Now

[Beta 5]

Your Garage Lights Suck - Do This Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYLHaAR4JcY

Hmm, think I'd have just fixed the existing weatherpacks!
What's the current obsession with JCC products nowadays too?

[Slyspark]

Yup, that's what I'd have done - if you MUST LED, then simply fit LED tubes in the old fittings. Those nice old GRP based fittings will outlast that JCC garbage.

[Beta 5]

Indeed, it looks like someone did a quality job about 20 years ago when they fitted that lot, new colours so can't be much older than that anyway.
Looking at the condition of the French Philips TL-D's and the lack of yellowing on the covers they look to have done very little hours. Must have been nice and bright with all those twin 58's in there too!

[FrontSideBus]

I'm sure it was JCC who was paying youtubers and "influencers" to use and rave about their products...

[Slyspark]

JCC stuff is garbage...

[Beta 5]

Yeah I seem to remember something like that too. Sadly it's not just JCC now either, most manufacturers are selling the same cheapo weatherpacks like those, which are all just horrible really!

[AngryHorse]

I would have gone with simple BC batten holders, and shop bought SMT lamps from Morrison’s or Home Bargains or the likes!, a lot cheaper and probably more reliable!

[Kev]

Yeh artisan electrics fucking dickheads yeh I’d much rather have the old fluorescents.

[Slyspark]

He;s a bit of a prick... FAR too smug

[Beta 5]

Seems to be a common thing with electrical youtubers...
Those JCC fittings and similar sum up everything I hate about lighting nowadays tbh A couple of new ballasts and those fittings would have been fine though replacing control gear and cross referencing the wiring between different ballasts seems to have become a lost skill now

@AngryHorse, yeah they likely would be more reliable and easily replaceable when they do fail!