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20-Pack GE LED Linear 15W EQ 48" Cool White Type A Tube Light Bulb Expired
$30
$49.99
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Lowes has 20-Pack GE LED Linear 15W EQ 48" Cool White Type A Tube Light Bulb (93129477) for $29.99. Choose free store pickup where stock permits otherwise shipping is free on orders of $45+.
Thanks to Community Member tunabreath for finding this deal.
Features:
Thanks to Community Member tunabreath for finding this deal.
Features:
- 32 Watt replacement using only 15 Watts (1800 lumens)
- Rated to last 16 years based on 6 hours per day use
- Saves 67 dollars on energy costs per bulb vs. 32-Watt fluorescent over the bulb's life
- Non-dimmable
- Cool, white light with 4000 Kelvin color temperature
- 20 LED tubes per package
- T8 LED tube (1-inch diameter) with medium bi-pin base type (G13)
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Lowe's has GE LED Linear 15-Watt EQ 48-in Cool White Linear Type A LED Tube Light Bulb (20-Pack) for $29.99. Store pickup is free.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-GE-LE...5000245357
https://www.lowes.com/pd/GE-GE-LE...5000245357
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Most of these new LED bulbs are type A&B, which work with and without a ballast. I prefer to remove the ballast altogether, which makes it more simple, reliable, and energy efficient than these bulbs. That being said, if you don't want to do any wiring, and your ballasts are still good, these are easy to just plug in and go.
The LEDs were well packed, no broken bulbs or bent end pins in either box.
They didn't make the old ballasts buzz or have any problems with flickering.
At 1800 lumen, I worried that they would be dimmer than the old t8 bulbs that claimed to be 2500 lumen
But between blowing out decades of dust from the diffusers and the zillion hours on the old T8s, they appear to be equally bright.
Here is a pic to show you that the LED bulbs look like daylight and the old t8 look like antiques:
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If your current bulbs are 1.5" diameter (T12 bulbs, 34W or 40W), then these may not work depending on the ballast that runs them. If you have the T12 bulbs in your fixture, you're likely going to want to just replace the whole fixture.
Also, I agree with Odie above -- if you have the know-how and don't care about getting these cheap bulbs, then direct wire is the way to go. If a bulb goes out, you know what the problem is and you replace it. When a ballast is involved, the ballast could be the issue, and it's making things less efficient. I've been replacing lights at my work, and I only do direct wire. There are kits that make it very easy -- pre-wired sets of "tombstones" that replace one end of the fixture, and just insert the white/black wires into it.
IMHO 5000 looks like crap unless it's exceptionally bright (daylight at sea level). 4000 should be a little bluer than high temperature halogen lamps (~3500K, typically).
The green or pink cast I was referring to was the 80 CRI, which is barely passable.
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If your current bulbs are 1.5" diameter (T12 bulbs, 34W or 40W), then these may not work depending on the ballast that runs them. If you have the T12 bulbs in your fixture, you're likely going to want to just replace the whole fixture.
Also, I agree with Odie above -- if you have the know-how and don't care about getting these cheap bulbs, then direct wire is the way to go. If a bulb goes out, you know what the problem is and you replace it. When a ballast is involved, the ballast could be the issue, and it's making things less efficient. I've been replacing lights at my work, and I only do direct wire. There are kits that make it very easy -- pre-wired sets of "tombstones" that replace one end of the fixture, and just insert the white/black wires into it.
The LEDs were well packed, no broken bulbs or bent end pins in either box.
They didn't make the old ballasts buzz or have any problems with flickering.
At 1800 lumen, I worried that they would be dimmer than the old t8 bulbs that claimed to be 2500 lumen
But between blowing out decades of dust from the diffusers and the zillion hours on the old T8s, they appear to be equally bright.
Here is a pic to show you that the LED bulbs look like daylight and the old t8 look like antiques:
I'd get this deal to retrofit fixtures in the horse barn, but a lot of those are magnetic ballasts driving T-12 bulbs. Not sure if these will work in those fixtures.
You can just reuse the old tombstones, or get these if you want plug and play:
https://www.amazon.com/JACKYLED-2...B072QY1M89
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Got home and replaced all the T12's with T8's. NONE of them worked. Not 2, or 4, or 6 or all 8 of them. Went to a different hardware store and bought a box of T12's. Put them in and they worked fine.
Story summary is -- T8 is not always interchangeable with T12. At least not in my fixtures.