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Home » Reader question » Replacing fluorescent tubes with LED tubes?
Replacing fluorescent tubes with LED tubes?
Dear readers,
In the house of my in-laws there are TL fixtures everywhere. Now I want to replace the old tubes with LED tubes. According to the specialist at HomePro, the starter can simply be removed as well as the old fluorescent tube. Then LED tube in and you're done.
Is that right? Is there anything else I should watch out for?
Regards,
Kees
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Hi Keith, that's right. and… Kees is ready.
good luck Tony
It's not quite right.
Remove the old starter and insert the supplied trick starter.
Ben
Dear, what the HomePro specialist says is correct.
However, there is also a ballast in VSA).
It continues to consume 10W and gets warm. It is better to also remove these and connect the wires.
Success!
I can't tell you how it works technically. We have a handy cousin who does such chores for us. And who has also replaced five TLs for energy-efficient ones under the roof at our house.
What I do know is that after a year, maybe two now, one won't work at all. And that the light output of the others is minimal. You can see them light up, but for example reading a book underneath is impossible.
As far as I'm concerned it was a bad buy. But maybe we bought a bad quality brand. Although we never go for the cheapest one ourselves.
Dear Kees,
Replacing normal fluorescent lamps with LED tubes is no problem at all, but you have to do a few things. What they said in HomePro is true but not complete.
It is highly recommended to remove the ballast (VSA) from the luminaire or simply bridge it. This ballast provides, in the case of traditional TL gas tubes, a peak voltage to ignite the gas in the tube. You do not need this at all with a LED tube and it is the cause of the premature degradation of the LED lamp as it always has to deal with the useless overvoltage. So AWAY with that thing. In the reaction of RobHH, with whom his 'handy cousin' made the switch, this most likely did not happen, resulting in a very rapid degradation.
Have a look at:
https://www.into-led.com/nl/blogs/led-blog/tl-verlichting-vervangen-voor-led-buizen/
Here it is perfectly explained how it should be done and can be performed by anyone who is a bit handy. I did it, without that explanation, with a good result as a result.
https://www.ledwereld.nl/blog/tl-vervangen-led-tl/
Adjust with dummy starter, must be included. And otherwise redirect yourself and remove ballast.
LED is available in different appearance colors. The higher the operating temperature, the whiter the light. 3000 K is warm light and 6500 K is white light, 4000 K is daylight. The number of lumens also indicates how strong the light is. A normal 36 W TL produces 2000 lumens, then you can choose LED18 or 22 W with 1800 or 2200 lumens respectively.