Convert Fluorescent Desk Lamp To Led

Read on to learn how led retrofitting is a simple diy project.

Convert fluorescent desk lamp to led.

Helped roadking save some power by bypassing the ballasts in his old tube lamps that he converted to led. This guide will explain how to convert fluorescent light fixtures to led to optimize energy efficiency. Getting rid of the ballast and the t8 fluorescent bulbs that burn out and retrofitting and converting to led was the best thing i have done. The simple answer is yes you can put an led bulbs in a fluorescent fixture but you must work out which type of fluorescent tube and fixtures that you have for your lighting.

But not very good if you want a reading lamp. It s a simple operation to convert over to led operation. The bulbs we used can be found on amazon here. A 4 lamp 4 foot fixture can go from what you have now about 7200 lumens in led terms or the equivalent of replacing a fixture that has four brand new fluorescent tubes with four 1800 lumen led tubes to nearly twice as bright about 12 000 lumens with four 3000 lumen led tubes depending on the lumen rating of your led replacement tube.

Fluorescent light fixtures are a mainstay in many homes and businesses. Converting your old fluorescent fixtures to work with led bulbs is a smart choice. We are replacing shunted with non shunted la. The available led options for replacing compact fluorescent plug in bulbs are following the same path as led t8 tubes.

Many commercial grade led pl lamps are now dlc rated allowing consumers to get rebates for converting to led. This is very usefull on lamps that supply general lighting. At about 3 58 i misspoke. This modification makes the lamp use only about 4 watts of electricity.

Advantages are very low electric usage. It was easy and. With t8 tubes it can be as simple as take the old tube out and put the new led in. This tutorial apply mostly to old 12v desk lamp with a g4 or gu4 socket but can be applied to other lamp and defective or damaged integrated led lamp with minor change no soldering skill required but a minimum knowledge in electricity is needed in.