Uses the existing fluorescent ballast and light fixture wiring.
Replacing fluorescent tubes with led lights.
How to replace t8 fluorescent lamps with t8 led tubes.
Most of these tubes are designed to simply fit into the fluorescent light fixtures you already have.
There are four basic types of led tubes.
Replace your fluorescent tubes with bright reliable long life led tube lights and cut your lighting bills in half.
Led light tubes are popular replacements for the long fluorescent light tubes as they can last much longer and don t contain toxic mercury.
Using this method a commercial installation can have a high voltage of up to 277v but this can be dangerous if safety standards aren t followed to the letter.
A 4 lamp 4 foot fixture can go from what you have now about 7200 lumens in led terms or the equivalent of replacing a fixture that has four brand new fluorescent tubes with four 1800 lumen led tubes to nearly twice as bright about 12 000 lumens with four 3000 lumen led tubes depending on the lumen rating of your led replacement tube.
Despite fluorescent being efficient themselves t8 leds hold a number of advantages when comparing the two.
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But as technology has grown over recent years led lighting has turned the tide in it s favor.
A high performance led solution the professional master value led tube is ideal for replacing t8 fluorescent lamps using em ballast or installing directly on the mains.
Look for dimmable on the led tube packaging when dimming is required.
Types of led tube lights.
You can just remove the fluorescents install the leds and you re done.
This is the oldest way of replacing fluorescent tubes with led bulbs this option allows the user to bypass the use of a ballast circuit as the wiring passes through the line voltage instead.
This product provides a uniform lighting effect for use in all general lighting as well as instant energy efficiency making for an environmentally friendly solution.
Fluorescent was once the cost effective and environmentally preferred lighting solution.
Tubes provide bright energy efficient light in kitchens laundry rooms garages and more with up to 40 energy savings compared to f32t8 electronic instant start systems.
Replacement plug and play type a.