# Replacing florescent lighting ballast

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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 1, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-florescent-lighting-ballast/1024481 "2025-11-01T17:33:32Z")
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### Author: ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-florescent-lighting-ballast/1024481/11 "2025-11-03T17:11:44Z")

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I just recently did this and removed the ballast and used ballast-bypass LEDs. Easy and more future proof.

In another fixture, the ballast was OK, so I used drop-in replacement LEDs, but if your ballast is bad, I would toss it and not replace it.

ETA: Here’s my recent thread on the subject: [Utility Room Fluorescent Light Fixture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utility-room-fluorescent-light-fixture/1020738)

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