[Shop-talk] flourescent to led changeover

[Doug Braun]

I bought these at Lowe's and I am quite happy with them:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-Ultra-Bright-LED-Direct-Wire-32-Watt-EQ-T8-Daylight-Medium-Bi-pin-g13-LED-Light-Bulb-2-Pack/5013821001
They are super bright - at least twice as bright as the old fluorescent
bulbs I was using.  They are "direct wire", so I had to tear out the
ballasts, but that was easy to do.

They also make a version that is 96" long with single-pin bases:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-Ultra-Bright-Direct-Wire-250-Watt-EQ-T8-Daylight-Single-Pin-T8-LED-Light-Bulb-2-Pack/5013822219

Doug

On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 1:24 PM john niolon <jniolon at att.net> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> My 30 year old 8' t-12 (single pin) garage fixtures are slowly dying...(4
> total double tube)
> the old t-12s are hard to find and expensive (16-20 bucks a tube)
>
> Want to change to led... lots of options  - 8' led tubes are expensive too
> ...
>
>
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