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I put brand new T8 light bulbs in a fixture but the lights are still flickering is it the ballast.

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Are they actually flickering on and off?- or just sort of Twirling patterns of lighter and darker shade of light? -- That is normal when the bulbs are new-- That should become steady in a few days.

If not-- tell us more what is happening-- in detail.

Mack B

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