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yes u disconect the guts of the fitting and wire them in direct bypassing the ballastIf its the ballasts that's the issue will a new led tube work?
yes u disconect the guts of the fitting and wire them in direct bypassing the ballastIf its the ballasts that's the issue will a new led tube work?
the led fittings are twice as bright than the fluorescent fittings so u just need half as many or singles in place of doubles I just took a double 6 foot one out at a school boilerhouse and changed to a 5 foot single and it gives off more light
cant help u on on those. brother bought a load and they were good bought them from autojumble so don't know the make best just buy one and see how it goes from there
I only go to reputable wholesalers and there prices can be expensive with known brands I daren't risk fitting anything of unknown origin as il get bitten on the ass if they go wrong .there is some good gear about cheap but id only try it for personal useNo worries cheers....seen loads on ebay but they look like rubbish so might have to just take the plunge as you say and get on to try.
Hi Dan, I meant the connection where the wires are attached to the end cap, not where the tubes fit in, although they can get corroded and make poor contact as well, I have a large number of 8ft twindustrial fittings that came from a garden centre that went LED, and some of them had dodgy end caps. replacement ballasts are expensive. The new led tubes do not use the ballasts, they are 240v, so you could dump the ballasts and connect the mains straight to the end cap, but, having looked at the cost of the replacement type led tubes, for my eight foots, it would be far cheaper to fit 2 four foots than it would to buy 1 8foot replacement led tube!
Just a thought Dan if you swapped all the connectors over , were the old ones you removed the push fit type with the tiny white wires in the fittings?
I would check they are all secure as they don't really like going in normal connector blocks, they always seem to miss the screw terminal.
You bypass the ballasts with a LED tube. Have a look on TLC electrical’s website. They sell the tubes and explain how to wire up the various types of fluorescent fittings when converting to LEDIf its the ballasts that's the issue will a new led tube work?