My garage has two shop lights, T12 with 2 tubes each. Yesterday at -2F fixture #1 would not light and fixture #2 lit poorly. The tubes in #2 have a little more grey in the ends so I replaced them with LED tubes for use in fixtures with blasts. No go. Called the manufacturer and they said only T8 ballasts will work. Bought new T12 tubes and tried them today, but it is -9F today. Fixture #2 lit poorly and #1 not at all. Now #2 will not light either.
Lowe's said there are no LED tubes for T12 ballasts so it looks like some more investment is needed, or I can just use a flashlight for those rare times when I will need more light in the garage in really cold weather.