Help deciding how to hang LED tubes

[stariforms]

So I pulled the trigger on some Hyperikon LED tubes during a 25% off sale.

I ended up getting two cases of 24 4ft 18W single end clear 4000k tubes.



I'm wondering if anybody has a good idea for hanging these without using ballasts?

They already have reflectors and interior supports built in. So buying ballasts to hold them really seems like a waste.

 

[tonyciambrone]

So I pulled the trigger on some Hyperikon LED tubes during a 25% off sale.

I ended up getting two cases of 24 4ft 18W single end clear 4000k tubes.



I'm wondering if anybody has a good idea for hanging these without using ballasts?

They already have reflectors and interior supports built in. So buying ballasts to hold them really seems like a waste.

Thats not what a ballast is. What holds the bulbs is a lampholder, which is typically part if a fixture. Strip light fixture, wraparound fixture, recessed troffer etc.

Using a direct wire bulb without a fixture seems pretty dangerous to me. LED ready fixtures are cheap anyways. Why did you buy bulbs without fixtures?

 

[Slabo]

Yup you need LED ready fixtures. I used these MaxLite Lamp Ready Linear Utility Strip Wrap, 4 Foot, 3 Tube. I used the 3 tube version for the 12 foot ceiling and the 2 tube version for the 8 foot ceiling. I wanted something a little more decorative than an open fixture. Open fixtures are even cheeper.

 

[stariforms]

I purchased them without fixtures because they had the exact specs I was looking for. Most all of the led fixtures with bulbs installed required me to make some sort of sacrifice to the light quality I was after.

These are made in the USA, and they offer a 5 year warranty with free returns. That's also the reason I can't modify them.

I'm really looking for simple endcaps that would allow two lights to hang side by side

I'm seriously thinking of just making them myself at this point.

 

[Platonic Solid]

See post 1 of the best light fixture thread (in sig below) for 2-lamp strip light LED ready housings.

 

[nsula_country]

Any updates?

CT

 

[GRB]

Any updates?

CT

The OP bought bulbs to go in a fixture and then foolishly wants to mount them bare. Why didn't he ask for advice from someone on this forum before he bought the wrong item?

I guess it is all so simple when you have no clue.........

 

[rburke65]

It would be like buying light bulbs and wanting to "hang"them.....