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Silock · 06-22-2016, 06:19 AM

I need to buy some new tubes for some of my shop lights, but I want to go LED, I think. Pros? Cons?

Anyone done this? I'd like to be able to leave the ballasts in there, because it would be a pain in the ass to access the ballasts on some of these.

**Bwana** · 06-22-2016, 06:50 AM

I have been thinking about doing the same thing. I have switched all the lights in the house to led, along with all the motion lights outside and it made a huge difference in the quality and brightness of the light.

**Buehler445** · 06-22-2016, 11:02 AM

Just get white ones. Don't do yellow. Thank me later.

I've got some LeD in my kitchen that are bright as **** and I like them. But I've never replaced the tubes with them.

DJ's left nut · 06-22-2016, 11:07 AM

Yeah, thinking about doing it as well.

Near as I can tell, if you want to keep the fixture, virtually all of the LED bulbs will require a ballast bypass.

I have about 30 of them in my workshop and garage; 60 bulbs and bypasses will not be cheap so I just haven't talked myself into it yet. There's little question that I'll be much happier when I do; the flicker on those T12s is awful and they simply don't last terribly long.

I should probably just go buy a 50 pack on amazon and replace them as they burn up.

**SAUTO** · 06-22-2016, 11:10 AM

I had a lighting guy from kc do all mine.

I fix all his shit so it was free and that made it a no brainer lol

cmh6476 · 06-22-2016, 02:19 PM

20k sq ft facility, replaced t12s with LED through a local vendor when the KCPL rebate was available. Saved about half the cost, and in addition to the energy savings love the low maintenance, haven't had to do shit with them in the couple years we have had them

**Bugeater** · 06-22-2016, 03:49 PM

T12s have been out of production for years, how the hell have those of you who still have those fixtures been getting by?

**SAUTO** · 06-22-2016, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Baconeater

T12s have been out of production for years, how the hell have those of you who still have those fixtures been getting by?

I literally never had one go bad. Guess I was lucky.

The leds are so much brighter though.

I got the T12 conversion done by the same guy.

Pls lighting is what he goes by up there iircq,

Al Bundy · 06-22-2016, 04:50 PM

We recently underwent the change to all LED's at my place of employment. Go white, they are so much brighter.

DJ's left nut · 06-22-2016, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Baconeater

T12s have been out of production for years, how the hell have those of you who still have those fixtures been getting by?

Not hard to find online.

**Buehler445** · 06-22-2016, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Al Bundy

We recently underwent the change to all LED's at my place of employment. Go white, they are so much brighter.

I think the lumens are the same but it's so much easier to see. I can't run a shop with yellow lights. I'll go crazy.

Way back when CFL first came out I bought some daylight ones by accident and haven't bought anything but the whitest white I couldn't find since.

Al Bundy · 06-22-2016, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

I think the lumens are the same but it's so much easier to see. I can't run a shop with yellow lights. I'll go crazy.

Way back when CFL first came out I bought some daylight ones by accident and haven't bought anything but the whitest white I couldn't find since.

I use those white daylight ones all over the house. I love them.

**Bugeater** · 06-22-2016, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Not hard to find online.

I was wondering if it was like the so-called "ban" on incandescent bulbs that I still have no trouble purchasing.

Marcellus · 06-22-2016, 07:18 PM

I recently converted my garage/shop to all LED, I have 10 4ft LED's I purchased from Sam's for $32 each I think it was.

I absolutely love it and would do it again. I actually have about 75% of my house switched to LED as well. I bought the LED replacement can lights for my living room and love those too.

Demonpenz · 06-22-2016, 11:26 PM

You owe me money your xbox 360 doesn't work anymore.

06-22-2016, 06:19 AM
Silock MVP Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $10020882	Anyone switched their tube T12s to LEDs? I need to buy some new tubes for some of my shop lights, but I want to go LED, I think. Pros? Cons? Anyone done this? I'd like to be able to leave the ballasts in there, because it would be a pain in the ass to access the ballasts on some of these.
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06-22-2016, 11:02 AM	#3
Buehler445 Supporter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scott City KS Casino cash: $-1375266	Just get white ones. Don't do yellow. Thank me later. I've got some LeD in my kitchen that are bright as **** and I like them. But I've never replaced the tubes with them.
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06-22-2016, 11:07 AM	#4
DJ's left nut Sauntering Vaguely Downwards Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Columbia, Mo Casino cash: $-640901	Yeah, thinking about doing it as well. Near as I can tell, if you want to keep the fixture, virtually all of the LED bulbs will require a ballast bypass. I have about 30 of them in my workshop and garage; 60 bulbs and bypasses will not be cheap so I just haven't talked myself into it yet. There's little question that I'll be much happier when I do; the flicker on those T12s is awful and they simply don't last terribly long. I should probably just go buy a 50 pack on amazon and replace them as they burn up. __________________ "If there's a god, he's laughing at us.....and our football team..." "When you look at something through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags."
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