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Made in the USA LED Lights with six Kelvin temperatures and three lamp base types

Choices, choices .. We’re always looking for LED products that offer you the choices you want and need. Our new line of LED T8 tubes, T5 LED tubes and U Bend LED tubes are USA LED products that fit that criteria. These LED tubes are direct replacement LED retrofits which mean you don’t have to bear the expense of replacing your existing fixtures. You don’t have to dole out extra dollars to hire an electrician to do re-wiring. You simply turn off the power, take out the old fluorescent tube, replace it with your new LED tube, and turn it back on again. It’s that simple. Choices, choices … what about colour temperature? So far we’ve seen Kelvin choices of 3000K, 4000K and 5000K. Now? Do you want warmer or cooler colour temperatures or a CCT for a specific purpose? LED refrigerated case lighting is just one example. How do you want your product to be portrayed? We have it for you. LEDs are not adversely affected by cold temperatures. Instant start, every time. Our new line of led tubes offers 3000K, 3500K, 4000K, 5000K, 5700K and 6500K. How cool is that? 🙂 Choices, choices …

what about base type?

So far we’ve seen the typical, two pins G13 base offered as a standard by LED tube producers. Maybe you have something else? Does the end of your fluorescent tube look different? On the left, you’ll see three of the typical base types: G13, FA8 and R17D. All of these base types are quite common. Before now, you’d have to replace the “tombstone” which is the part of the fixture where the LED tube is inserted. More time, more money spent. No more. Fluorescent lamp bases were only briefly addressed in our article on LED lamp shapes and bases. To further clarify, the T stands for tubular which is the shape of the lamp. The number immediately following the T stands for the diameter of the lamp in eighths of an inch. A T8 lamp is eight-eighths of an inch or one inch in diameter. It follows that a T5 is five-eighths of an inch in diameter. Now, just tell us which diameter and base type you need and you’ll have a truly no muss, no fuss LED retrofit with no extra charge for a different base type. Choices, choices .. You may have heard of ballast bypass LED replacement tubes as opposed to direct replace LED tubes. Are these right for you? Maybe, maybe not. Ask yourself a few questions. o Have you ever had to replace a ballast in the fluorescent fixture you own? Most homeowners and small business facilities will answer no to that. o Would it be an unwarranted expense for you to hire an electrician to install a LED tube?

Most homeowners and small business facilities will answer yes to that. o Do you know that a ballast plus the installation expenses can add up to more than purchasing a new fixture?

We all can answer yes to that. These new, made in the USA direct replace LED tubes were designed with the ballast in mind. Not only do the direct replace LED tubes run cooler, thus extending ballast life, but you have no worries about voiding your warranty on the fixture itself by monkeying with the wiring. A fluorescent tube fixture is relatively inexpensive and can end up to be just a small part of what you will spend over the lifetime of a LED tube. So until ballast bypass LED tube manufacturers to supply a UL listed fixture with no ballast in it, we believe you are best served by maintaining the integrity of the fixture you originally purchased. We’ll be providing more information on our new U-Bend tubes. This is an exciting development. The product will be arriving in September. If you’d like to order now, your card will not be billed until the product is in stock. Let us know what spacing you need, what colour temperatures you want, and which pin size is in your current fixture. Always enlightening, always looking for more choices for you, we at TheLEDLight.com appreciate your business. How can we help you today?

By: Mary Wecker