LED F15 T8 light tubes. 10 to 30 volts

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  • TomP
    Member
    • Aug 2010
    • 59

    LED F15 T8 light tubes. 10 to 30 volts


    Just got these, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

    Awesome lights, operate @ 10 TO 30 VOLTS, tubes rotate 90* to adjust lighting, 700 lumens at 6000 K, of course the whole 700 L. comes out in one direction so they are really bright, but do come with a very nice frosted covering, and the LEDs do not show. Now the question, will we get white light fall off from these as I have seen from other lights, CREE just does not have this problem, well we will hope for the best.

    As my whole house was wired 12 V and has the RV 2 tube fluorescents that came out of Skylab way back when, I was very happy to find a solution to my 24 V lighting problem. I just do not want to turn loose of DC lights and go all AC, total fear of electronic failure. Hard to beat sunlight coming into the lights with nothing to fail, now we do not even have to worry about replacing the ballast, not to mention the constant replacement of $$ tubes for rooms that get switched a lot, that kills a tube fast, and that was 12$ each time to replace.
    This bulb/tube is also directional at 90*. Another cool thing is that if you have been using a 2 tube fixture In in a small room (pantry) one tube may well be enough, also you do not need to worry about the polarity. End of life lumens are 80%

    A 4 pack is about $67.

  • Logan5
    Solar Fanatic
    • Feb 2013
    • 484

    #2
    very nice, I have some of these, but they do not use the florescent ballast. Maybe the ones I have are different, but they require a simple rewire of the fixture, either remove the original ballast or disconnect them and leave in place. I just referred to your link and found,
    • Fixture Rewiring is Easy but REQUIRED: Electronic ballast must be disconnected! **Installation Manual attached as the 2nd photo at the left upper corner of this product page!**

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    • Logan5
      Solar Fanatic
      • Feb 2013
      • 484

      #3
      Also these LED,s are 6000K, they will emit a very white to blue light. could be ideal depending on your application.

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      • SunEagle
        Super Moderator
        • Oct 2012
        • 15125

        #4
        Originally posted by Logan5
        Also these LED,s are 6000K, they will emit a very white to blue light. could be ideal depending on your application.
        All of the LED lamps that I have used to replace my 2 foot and 4 foot fluorescent lamps run on 120v AC power. I just got rid of the ballast and powered the LED tubes directly from the 120v.

        My 4ft are rated about 20 watts and put out as much as 2 of the 36 watt fluorescent lamps and the 2ft LED is about 10 watts and replaced a 24watt fluorescent. I did this about 5 years ago and they are all still working just fine

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        • TomP
          Member
          • Aug 2010
          • 59

          #5
          Originally posted by Logan5
          Also these LED,s are 6000K, they will emit a very white to blue light. could be ideal depending on your application.
          ​They are white, but sunlight is 5500 K and the blue is not noticed by myself in these lights, also Computer screen are supposed to give off a blue white light that hinders getting to sleep, I do not notice that either.

          ​The lights must have the ballast removed, there are warnings on the lamp to that effect. I am ordering 16 more.. Cheers .

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