Led for old t12 4ft flourescent fixtures

[bagged89s10]

So I have a few old t12 fixtures and was looking for ballast bypass led replacement tubes.

I was also thinking about buying about 6 of these for my primary garage lighting for $12 each.


Searching online I found these for $9 a piece

https://www.earthled.com/products/l...wPh_iuvRx0j4UMWBoCtN_w_wcB&variant=2174807620

Has anyone used these? Do you think they will be a decent light?

 

[tomd]

For $9 and free shipping, I may have to try one of these.
Good reviews too.

 

[Showkey]

Home Depot has $9.95 drop in LED bulbs in the stores.

Depending on the store you may find drop in and ballast delete LED from $9.97 to over $22.00 each. The LED replacement market is a little screwed up....to say the least. As this photo shows the drop in bulbs were $22.97 reduced to $14 ?????

Some of these will drop in almost any fixture others may not. Purchase at the store makes returns easy.

Given a T8 bulb can be found for $3.00 replacing witha $20 or even $9 LED bulb may never pay back on power used might pay back if the LED last as longest they say.

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[FrancisJ]

I used some of these LED replacement bulbs and their light output (Lumens) is down considerably vice the old fluorescent bulbs.

 

[Showkey]

Here is a drop in LED bulb comparison with light output measurements :

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=302649


As mentioned there a wide range of quality and price out there. Some of the off shore bulbs like eBay sellers offer are NOT UL or CE approved. Buyer beware as other posts have said many many times.

 

[bagged89s10]

I prefer to get rid of the ballasts and rewire the lights. I have 4 or 5 old fixtures which have the old magnetic ballasts which won't work with the drop in led tubes anyway.

 

[mark11]

I'd consider the James led's that Platonic Solid speaks highly of. I bought a bunch of the Philips instantfit before anyone was selling less than a case at a time of the James or I would have gone that way.
I am very happy with the Philips if anyone's considering them. Equal or better light output than the T8's I was using and instant on is great.