LEDs Replacement for Flourscent

Thanks for letting us know. When I think of the dollars I spent for replacement LED bulbs when I could have gone with these I cry. I keep a few extra around in case any of them fail. Heat is a killer for LED lamps.

DFord and dieseltruckdriver, thank you both for the LED recommendation. You were right, they work great, and are bright, pure white. Not even a hint of blue (to my eye anyway).

I pulled the two fixtures down, and removed the electronic ballast, and fluorescent tube holders. Had to drill some rivets out for that.

I almost put four LED lights in each fixture since they would fit, but but fortunately I tested them first and decided two were plenty bright, and four in each wouldn’t have been much of a wattage reduction.

I like them. Thanks!



:):)

I also use 48" ones with leds, they are good enough for me.

Thanks. I think I’ll give them a try.

:):)

NRALIFR wrote:

DFord wrote:
For my 12" florescent fixtures, I cut the wires to the ballasts and wired directly to the 12" COB LED Daytime Driving lights shown here for just over $2/each when purchased as shown. The work perfect and give more light than the old tube while using a lot less power. The strips have 3M backing tape for mounting. Just need some tiny wire nuts to connect the wires.

https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Waterproof-Trucks-Daytime-Running/dp/B071PFC1H2


You don't need to spend a lot of money or make it hard on yourself when using these lights. I had longer fixtures that took 4 of these with ease. I swapped them out a couple of years ago and they're still working great. I'll admit having a few failed on other rigs I installed them in but for the price, you can't beat these lights.

Just curious, at 6000-8000k color temperature, those lights are going to be very blueish appearing. Do you have yours behind a white lens? Does that help, or do you prefer the brighter, blueish light?

:):)

I have tested some of these, and the ones I have are not blueish, they are true white which is what I prefer over yellow. They would work easily and excellently for fluorescent replacements.

When I say I have tested them, I used some of them for a project at work. We needed to lower a camera down a mine shaft and needed lights for the cameras. I got some of these because I had used some for my motorcycle. I ran them high voltage (if I remember correctly it was over 18 or 19) until they started losing leds. They put out light down to 6.5 or 7 volts. Next I took some more and submerged them and they worked just fine, so then I submerged them and powered them up and left them for a 3 day weekend, and they were all working perfectly when I came back to work. After all that, I was definitely a fan of them.

Yes I am still working, and I love my job. ;)

Mine are all covered with the original diffusers. They are bright white maybe a little whiter than "cool white" florescent tubes. Given the choice between 3000k and 6000k, I prefer the 6000k. I've found 4000/4500k to be idea for me when available.

For less that $13 for 6 strips, give them a try. I've paid more than that on a single replacement LED lamp.

DFord wrote:
For my 12" florescent fixtures, I cut the wires to the ballasts and wired directly to the 12" COB LED Daytime Driving lights shown here for just over $2/each when purchased as shown. The work perfect and give more light than the old tube while using a lot less power. The strips have 3M backing tape for mounting. Just need some tiny wire nuts to connect the wires.

https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Waterproof-Trucks-Daytime-Running/dp/B071PFC1H2


You don't need to spend a lot of money or make it hard on yourself when using these lights. I had longer fixtures that took 4 of these with ease. I swapped them out a couple of years ago and they're still working great. I'll admit having a few failed on other rigs I installed them in but for the price, you can't beat these lights.

Just curious, at 6000-8000k color temperature, those lights are going to be very blueish appearing. Do you have yours behind a white lens? Does that help, or do you prefer the brighter, blueish light?

:):)

DFord wrote:
For my 12" florescent fixtures, I cut the wires to the ballasts and wired directly to the 12" COB LED Daytime Driving lights shown here for just over $2/each when purchased as shown. The work perfect and give more light than the old tube while using a lot less power. The strips have 3M backing tape for mounting. Just need some tiny wire nuts to connect the wires.

https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Waterproof-Trucks-Daytime-Running/dp/B071PFC1H2


You don't need to spend a lot of money or make it hard on yourself when using these lights. I had longer fixtures that took 4 of these with ease. I swapped them out a couple of years ago and they're still working great. I'll admit having a few failed on other rigs I installed them in but for the price, you can't beat these lights.

I just ordered 3 sets for my rig. Thanks for the tip!!

Al

opnspaces wrote:
What powers the under cabinet lights? Do they have one of those cheap LED remote control units or are they hard wired somehow to a switch?

A hard wired dimmable LED driver. The summer switch is wall mounted right next to the regular canned light switch.

I didn't do this in the camper, those aren't dimmable.

For my 12" florescent fixtures, I cut the wires to the ballasts and wired directly to the 12" COB LED Daytime Driving lights shown here for just over $2/each when purchased as shown. The work perfect and give more light than the old tube while using a lot less power. The strips have 3M backing tape for mounting. Just need some tiny wire nuts to connect the wires.

https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Waterproof-Trucks-Daytime-Running/dp/B071PFC1H2


You don't need to spend a lot of money or make it hard on yourself when using these lights. I had longer fixtures that took 4 of these with ease. I swapped them out a couple of years ago and they're still working great. I'll admit having a few failed on other rigs I installed them in but for the price, you can't beat these lights.