Despite fluorescent being efficient themselves t8 leds hold a number of advantages when comparing the two.
Replacing fluorescent lamps with led lamps.
But as technology has grown over recent years led lighting has turned the tide in it s favor.
If you are going to replace fluorescent light with led lighting you must take into consideration the color temperature.
Fluorescent was once the cost effective and environmentally preferred lighting solution.
However led fixtures to replace four bulb 8 foot long fluorescent fixtures common in farm buildings can set you back 100 or more per unit.
By contrast a high kelvin figure like 4000k means the color is cool and white in appearance.
Led light tubes are popular replacements for the long fluorescent light tubes as they can last much longer and don t contain toxic mercury.
Most of these tubes are designed to simply fit into the fluorescent light fixtures you already have.
How to replace t8 fluorescent lamps with t8 led tubes.
Replace your fluorescent tubes with bright reliable long life led tube lights and cut your lighting bills in half.
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.
In addition to the energy savings our led tubes have an average lifespan nearly 70 longer than t8 and t12 fluorescent tubes which means significantly fewer bulb changes for you.
There is a wide variety of methods for converting to led tubes.