I've never seen the end-cap ballast type fixtures. Almost all I have from HD/Lowes have the ballasts in the body of the fixture.
What brand/model of ballast did you get from ebay? Seller?
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Originally Posted by RayR
You are right, they are still selling T12 fixtures, but they are with T12 electronic ballasts, most will not support T8 lamps. The cheap fixtures have the ballast in the end cap which is not upgradable with a standard T8 ballast.
I got an old 4ft. T12 fixture for free from a friend that had a standard magnetic ballast under the top cover. I bought a T8 electronic ballast off Ebay for cheap, installed it and changed the wiring around from the old Rapid Start configuration to Instant Start. Works great!
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