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Select The Right LED Tube To Replace Fluorescent Tube

 


Selecting the right replacement for old inefficient lighting fluorescent lighting fixtures is important. The selection of the product happens after the right installation is determined.

The method of installation is basically determined by the types of tube technology you use. There are two tube technologies actually; T8 or T12.

If you do not know what you have installed already, take the tube/bulb out and read the markings on the end.

If you do not see the markings, get a scale and try to measure the diameter of the tube.

Names And Diameters

The nomenclature of these lights depends on the size of these fixtures. 

  • If the diameter of the tube is one inch, then the tube is T8.
  • If the diameter happens to be 3/2 inch, the tube is T12. 
  • If the measurement comes out to be ⅝ inches, the tube is T5. 
If the tube is T8, it will certainly have an electronic ballast. T12 tubes will have a magnetic bypass only. To confirm the kind of ballast that you actually have, open the fixture up and check it out. 

The only problem with these tubes is that the old fixtures are only going to have a magnetic ballast. Electronic ballast came out later than the magnetic ones. The disadvantage of electric ballast is higher expense along with the worry that the LED Tube won’t illuminate if the ballast fails.

What About LED Fluorescent Replacement Tubes?



Nobody nowadays wants to spend much on the entire new luminaire, as LEDs can be retrofitted in the new fixtures. There is a high demand for new LED products, which came out for different commercial and residential lighting applications. 

All the changes an developments can be attributed to new requirements and people who look for new ways to replace the fluorescent lights.


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