Before committing to either tube type when converting existing fluorescent fixtures the lighting industry highly recommends that you talk to your lighting supplier about your intentions to change the tubes on old fluorescent fixtures.
How to replace fluorescent lights with led lights.
By retrofitting led lights you ll also be future proofing your home and saving money replacing bulbs.
In comparison the cost of instant fit led tubes is 25 less than that of ballast bypass tubes hynek says.
You can just remove the fluorescents install the leds and you re done.
Color temperature measurement is in kelvin k and most colors range from 2500 to 6500k a lower kelvin figure means the color is warm and tends to be closer to orange.
Led light tubes are popular replacements for the long fluorescent light tubes as they can last much longer and don t contain toxic mercury.
New led bulbs are also safer since broken fluorescent bulbs can expose you to mercury.
Quality led bulbs last 10 to 15 times longer than those old fluorescent styles on average.
If you are going to replace fluorescent light with led lighting you must take into consideration the color temperature.