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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3335   
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Your good to go then
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12th Oct 2020 9:01pm |
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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2545 
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Very pleased with mine. Very clear and bright light. I went with six because - as above - you can never have too much light
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12th Oct 2020 9:28pm |
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| Mountain_man Member Since: 09 Dec 2011 Location: Right side of Offas Dyke Posts: 756 
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As others have said, the Lap LED battens from Screwfix are the dogs. I have 6 in my (large) workshop and it is like daylight in there. I went for the 4 foot ones whihch are a higher rating than the 5 foot ones linked above... Whether that is just Screwfix crap labeling though I don't really know. They are good and really simple to install.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-twin-4ft-le...00lm/6481v |
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12th Oct 2020 9:45pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3335
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Be very careful with the cheap LEDs. They are cheap for a reason. The main issue with LED is that they are mostly unserviceable. When they fail, there is nothing you can do other than bin it and buy another (yes, these are environmentally friendly  ) If you suffer from OCD, the chances of finding a panel or light similar in design and colour to what you have may be a bit of a lottery. We had exactly this problem in our office at work. Chinese LED Panels and we can’t find anything to match the existing.
LEDs also do not like heat. Heat will kill an LED light fitting. Apart from the quality of the LEDs, a lot of the cost of the light is the heat sinks and how efficiently they remove the heat from the fitting. The cheap ones will pay little service to this and this can cause premature failure. I’m not saying evil bay light fittings are all rubbish, but you pays your money, you takes your chances. A bricks and mortar seller may be your friend if you get a failure. |
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12th Oct 2020 9:46pm |
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| Danny Fireblade Member Since: 16 Mar 2018 Location: Hampshire Posts: 300 
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I got 2 of these for my garage, really easy to install and have been faultless.
A good quality brand and the company is excellent too. https://www.novelenergylighting.com/led-fi...79878.html |
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13th Oct 2020 12:25am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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I swapped the old tubes out of mine as I was fed up with the constant hum. I prefer the daylight bulbs for the more natural light due to my S.A.D. syndrome .
I used this company https://www.lightbulbs-direct.com/light-bulbs/led/t8-tube/ who even replaced two tubes that failed after 12 months. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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13th Oct 2020 9:34am |
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| Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 3996 
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Do have to do anything with starters or wiring when putting an LED tube in a fluorescent fitting? 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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13th Oct 2020 10:16am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831
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When you purchase the LED lights you will need the replacement for the starter as you cannot use the original. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off.
Richard |
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13th Oct 2020 10:25am |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3750 
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One thing for the more OCD members here is that when an LED tube or bulb fails the replacement you put in is often a very slightly different colour unless you manage to keep a batch number or buy a couple of spares when you get the first tubes. After 6-7 years I recently had both an LED down lighter in my kitchen and another in my bathroom fail and ended up buying 10 lamps in total so that I had 4 matching whites in the bathroom and 6 matching whites in the kitchen.......... and the lamps are different physical sizes in the two rooms so I can’t reuse 4 from the kitchen in the bathroom...... Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come
2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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13th Oct 2020 11:20am |
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| Intercept Member Since: 27 Feb 2017 Location: Suffolk Posts: 587 
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+1 for replacing the old tubes with the daylight LED versions - much better. It is also worth considering the LED panels intended for use in false ceilings - available in various sizes. They give a huge amount of light and some are only about 10mm deep so very useful if your ceiling height is restricted. I also have one that I slide underneath the vehicle to use as a work light.
https://www.ledpanelstore.co.uk/led-panels.html |
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13th Oct 2020 11:23am |
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| Intercept Member Since: 27 Feb 2017 Location: Suffolk Posts: 587
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That's because there is no such thing as a white LED. A "white" LED is actually an ultra-violet emitter which excites a phosphor layer into emitting white light. The phosphor composition determines the colour temperature (the Kelvin rating) and the manufacturers don't seem to be very good at keeping the recipe consistent. Sadly this also means that they will dim over time just like a fluorescent tube or CRT TV that uses the same phenomenon to produce visible light. |
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13th Oct 2020 11:29am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831
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The one thing I have found with LED tubes is that they attract dust more than the Fluorescent, this is due I believe to be the fact they use plastic now instead of glass, I have to clean the tubes every month to maintain a bright light. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off.
Richard |
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13th Oct 2020 3:38pm |
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