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tkcas01
Explorer
Nov 09, 2013

LED retrofit for fluorescent ceiling fixtures?

Over the stove in my rig there is a gang of three 12" fluorescent ceiling fixtures behind a wooden frame with diffuser panels. They have gotten to where they don't always come on unless I "bump" th...
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ktmrfs
Explorer II
Nov 10, 2013
What I did was to buy LED strip lights with regulators. The good ones can be cut to length and wired directly to the 12V. So.... you can

1) use silicone adhesive and glue them to the tubes
2) remove the tubes and glue them to the housing.

either way, the light comes out much more like the floresent tube rather than using the rectangular arrays.

Like Mex says, over a stove, I prefer something in the 5000K range, not the 3500K range.

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