<html><body><div>LEDs work just fine in cold and sub freezing temps</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div><br>On April 15, 2020 at 11:36 AM, Tony Drews <tony@tonydrews.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div class="_stretch"><span class="body-text-content">How do they work in cold weather? My fluorescent lights really really <br>don't like the cold.<br><br>Regards, Tony Drews<br><br>On 4/15/2020 1:28 PM, Phil Ethier wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">I had tons of problems trying to replace tubes with LED.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">It was cheaper to recycle the tubes and fixtures then buy new LED units from Menards. They work great, look better, and create no hassle.</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Sent from my iPhone</blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">On Apr 15, 2020, at 12:02 PM, Randall <TR3driver@ca.rr.com> wrote:</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">My suggestion would be to bypass the ballasts. They waste power and may</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">fail in the future. I've also found some that didn't want to work with LED</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">bulbs, even the ones that say they will work with a ballast. One of my old</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">fixtures apparently failed the first time it was powered up with LEDs in</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">place; it had been working before but didn't work afterwards (even with the</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">original fluorescent bulbs). Of course, if you don't bypass the ballasts,</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">look for the bulbs that say they will work with a ballast.</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">Watch out for lumen ratings, some of the LED bulbs are cheating on their</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">"watt equivalent" ratings.</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">You might want to look at color temperature too; I don't like the really</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">high ones. 4000 or 5000K is ok with me, but I really hate 7000 or 8000.</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">FWIW, I went with new fixtures (price was about the same and I didn't have</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">to mess with rewiring and so on, plus I didn't have enough old fixtures).</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">4200 lumens per 4' fixture, 5000K. Haven't finished the new facility yet,</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">but I'm really happy with what I've got up so far.</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><a href="https://i.imgur.com/RhRoHF1.jpg" data-mce-href="https://i.imgur.com/RhRoHF1.jpg">https://i.imgur.com/RhRoHF1.jpg</a></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">-- Randall</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">I have regular florescent tube lights in my garage and want</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">to replace the tubes with LED equivalents. ( I don't want to</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">replace the fixtures) Is there anything I need to look out</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text"><blockquote type="cite" class="quoted-plain-text">for. 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