[Shop-talk] Replacement florescent bulbs F42T6

[Rochlin Robert]

	I don’t know if this heresy, but I’ve been replacing my florescent units with HF 5000 luman LEDs as they go bad.  The single tube, $19.95 (on sale), are amazingly bright, nice color temperature and relatively well built. I’ve found that a single HF unit will replace a 2 bulb florescent unit, and HF sells a two tube unit for a few dollars more.
	Best,
	Bob

> On Feb 6, 2021, at 1:16 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Makes sense. It's been a couple years, and my memory's fuzzy, but now I remember I had a couple bad ballasts and, since I had to replace them I got LED-compatible ones and installed LED tubes (T12 IIRC).
> 
> LEDs must need something, at least according to the ones I'm familiar--they're used in rectifiers--need DC current (probable at 5 or 12V).
> 
> 
> On 2/6/2021 9:08 AM, Pat Horne wrote:
>> Bob, it’s not that LEDs need a special ballast, they usually don’t need any ballast, but that some of them will work with a fluorescent ballast & some not. The ones I use take 120-270v directly to the lamp. 
>> 
>> Peace,
>> Pat
>> 
>> Pat Horne 
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>> 
>> 
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