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Originally Posted by daniel200
As mentioned you can easily purchase an LED light that will plug into your current florescent fixture. But not all LED’s are the same. Some will work with your current ballast installed. Some require removal of the ballast. And some require some rewiring in the fixture. So you need to do some investigation before buying so that you know all the retrofit required. The easiest solution is an LED bulb that simply plugs in the florescent fixture and requires no fixture rewiring.
The LED bulbs typically use 25 to 40% less energy than a florescent. But the bulbs are much more expensive. I know LED’s claim long life, but that has not been my experience.
I considered changing the florescent in my washroom to LED … But decided against it. My washroom lights rarely are on more than 3 or 4 hours per day, and the energy savings would only be a few dollars per year.
All of the lights in my home are LED except for the florescent in the garage and washroom
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Like everything else the question is why and does it make sense to do it. LED bulbs we read the claim lasts 25 years etc. Saves a ton of dollars, if you convert to. HUH? I have a bag full of blown LED bulbs. Seems to me the higher wattage ones equal to a 100 w tungsten tend not to last. I believe it is a cooling issue.
Color match? I tend to buy far more bulbs than I need. Some to replace then as they burn out and when I run out of spares I replace all the bulbs in one fixture and use those as spares.
Testimonial. We have three LED bulbs in our outside lamp. Very rough guess9 years on 10 hours a day 9x365=3285 days x10 hours=32850-they are still going-they certainly have earned their keep.