6 Feb
2015
6 Feb
'15
6:33 p.m.
On 02/06/2015 11:42 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 02/06/2015 09:35 AM, Jon Elson wrote:
These also scare me, because they look
just like fluorescent
tubes, but will almost
certainly get fried if put into a fixture with a rapid-start
ballast. These drop in to
the FIXTURE and socket, but the ballast needs to be removed
and rewired.
Also, if somebody ever put a standard fluorescent into one
of these modified
fixtures, it might be messy.
Jon
These things are NOT cheap, but I'm expecting
to get
better life than most
of the commercial units, which I think have crummy
thermal design. I think
they work out well.
Commercial drop-in replacements have been available for
some time. E.g.
http://www.amazon.com/LEDwholesalers-Brightest-Fluorescent-Replacement-Appr…
Not a bad price (comparatively) either.