LED 1200mm tubes in workshop

[Farside]

The local farmers' store has LED tubes in, branded 'Energizer', but (obviously) made in China or somewhere.
As some of the existing fluorescent tubes have turned their toes up and I'm running out of replacements (not bad for a decade's worth of light, they lasted well enough) I thought it's about time to go the LED route now the prices locally have dropped to sensible levels - a tenner each.
I bought one as a sample and promptly broke it by being careless, leaving it leaning against a bench, from where it slid onto the floor and busted.
Nipped in and snagged another four, to do two fittings with. However, when I fitted two to the first fitting, it was looking a bit anaemic, so added the other two.
Result! 4000K of LED goodness, flooding that end of the workshop. According to the bullchit on the packet, that's 2150lm each, so more than 8K lumens in total.
The colour balance is about right, neither too cool or warm.
Only got another four fittings to do now, but I'll leave off converting them until the last of the fluorescents dies off, just work my way along them, swapping remaining good tubes in until they run out.

 

[brightspark]

The local farmers' store has LED tubes in, branded 'Energizer', but (obviously) made in China or somewhere.
As some of the existing fluorescent tubes have turned their toes up and I'm running out of replacements (not bad for a decade's worth of light, they lasted well enough) I thought it's about time to go the LED route now the prices locally have dropped to sensible levels - a tenner each.
I bought one as a sample and promptly broke it by being careless, leaving it leaning against a bench, from where it slid onto the floor and busted.
Nipped in and snagged another four, to do two fittings with. However, when I fitted two to the first fitting, it was looking a bit anaemic, so added the other two.
Result! 4000K of LED goodness, flooding that end of the workshop. According to the bullchit on the packet, that's 2150lm each, so more than 8K lumens in total.
The colour balance is about right, neither too cool or warm.
Only got another four fittings to do now, but I'll leave off converting them until the last of the fluorescents dies off, just work my way along them, swapping remaining good tubes in until they run out.

View attachment 486636

there wont be any energy saving as there wired through the magnetic ballast

 

[Farside]

there wont be any energy saving as there wired through the magnetic ballast

Can't be 4sed stripping them all out.

 

[m_c]

I've had some Energiser branded tubes in the workshop for a few years now, and can't fault them.

I have however started adding some extra LED lamps this afternoon, but discovered I don't have any 1mm cable clips to install the extra wiring

 

[aesmith]

Result! 4000K of LED goodness, flooding that end of the workshop. According to the bullchit on the packet, that's 2150lm each, so more than 8K lumens in total.

How do you think they compare for brightness with the old tubes, which I guess would be 36W each? Actual fluorescent claim 3000lm, but I guess LED may aim more of its light downwards.

 

[Farside]

How do you think they compare for brightness with the old tubes, which I guess would be 36W each? Actual fluorescent claim 3000lm, but I guess LED may aim more of its light downwards.

Ignoring the usual lumens claims on the packets, the new tubes are about as bright as the daylight ones I had in the mix when they were new, so about 2000lm.
However, I had a mix of warm and daylight in the fixtures (2 of each in a four-way fitting) to make the overall light balance more pleasant.
The new tubes are supposedly 4000K, and seem about right.
I'd tried two LEDs in the first fixture and could have used it like that, once every other fixture was on, but it seemed a bit weak, so fitted all four to it.