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deandec
Explorer
Nov 16, 2014

LED 5050 cool white strips in Flourescent getting hot

I have installed two strips of the 5050 type non waterproof 12v LED lights into one of my Thin Lite fixtures. I really like the result except the entire fixture seemed to be very warm to the touch ...
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MrWizard
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Nov 17, 2014
One 5 meter..16.4 ft string uses 70 watts
And will produce light equivalent to 140 watts or more fluorescent tubes

Should be a perfect replacement
Remember you cut by segments..every THREE LED's is one segment
Your 4 pieces will probably just under 4 ft each in length
Strips are always a multiple number of segments of ( 3 LED's)

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