we still have t-12’s and many still have the magnetic ballast. LUMEN COMPARISON CHART . Really happy with the resultsI work in a charity and we are planing on changing the T8 fluoresent light tubes for LED light tubes. can i just switch to led bulbs using the existing fixtures or do i need to change out the entire units?Our church has approximately 44 recessed 1 lamp fixtures with parabolic louvers. On the other hand, LEDs use a driver which comes in a variety of sizes making several options available.In an effort to make LED T8s fit into existing linear fluorescent fixtures (for retrofit purposes), manufacturers have come up with a couple different ways of dealing with the unnecessary ballasts. If anyone could point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. I contacted Premier, for our local Sula MT community clubhouse. I brought some from one distributer and was told to remove the ballast and starter.

If you bought this at a local store (a Home Depot, Menards, Lowes, etc) it is 99% that you have a Type A that works on the existing ballast.I have 11-8′ florescent fixtures over three bays in my large garage on three circuits. How to choose the best lighting for your home while spending less and saving energy.CFLs are a temporary solution to energy-efficient lighting, arriving on the market when first generation LED bulbs had a narrow and focused light beam and cost too much for many consumers. This also reduces energy efficiency.When operated with conventional ballasts, fluorescent tubes flicker at each zero crossing of the mains frequency of 60 Hz. my only hope is that i can find instant start ballast at a reasonable price, that will at least let us transition to t-8 fluorescent(which i have many i have found at a reasonable price through auctions) and then in time to the type A led bulbs. I am interested in replacing them with LED but not sure of the best type for the lowest production of DE? Plan on living here for maybe ten more years so won’t recover costs.I have (4) 8′ T8 fluorescents and (2) 4′ T8 fluorescents in a 2 1/2 year old house. Basically the same way you need a fluorescent ballast for each fixture.

Conventional ballasts are not suitable for this, but there are special electronic ballasts which can adjust the brightness of the connected tubes.The lifespan of fluorescent tubes is between 5,000 and 20,000 hours, depending on the type and used ballast.

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Now I have a scenereo where replacing a single flickering bulb (in a two 2 bulb fixture of total of 24″ length) did not result in ending the flickering. I would like to ask you one thing. It’s an inert gas. However, a short switch-on delay of about one second due to the preheating phase still remains.Thanks to their design and functional principle, fluorescent tubes radiate their light uniformly in all directions.

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Mercury is a very hazardous material and can be dangerous to everyone in the vicinity, should the fluorescent tube break. I was thinking that was the case but really was not sure. So not sure if that is feasible for your application or not. I would like to light the building with four foot LED lighting – the brighter the better (4000 to 5000k?). two outer or two inner from center. Your expertise would be valuable to me. Lumens measure the amount of light created by a bulb, whereas ... the increased use of fluorescent and LED bulbs we use less watts to produce the same amount of lumens, saving us money on energy bills.

I thought I should only need the one driver in that case.Thank you for your comment and alerting us of this issue – we just tested and confirmed it was forcing extra drivers into the shopping cart. In this case your LED T8 needs to be compatible with the ballast you have, otherwise it won’t work. now i want to change to t8 led, do i need to change tombstone? Comparison of fluorescent tube vs LED tube.

Each fixture has two tubes. Make sure that the tubes do not break when they are replaced.