Nope, rewording not needed. They're made to be drop-in replacements. $9.99 each
at my local Home Depot. They will coexist with a standard T8 on the other side
of the fixture; I plan to replace all of mine with LEDs progressively.
Kim N5OP
"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the
music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> On Jun 7, 2016, at 14:08, Mike Schwendeman <mike@s3com.net> wrote:
>
> OK on all, Kim;
>
> The PHILLIPS brand sounds possibly more expensive, is my only thought. (I
> have seen off-brand and therefore lower cost units from China...)
>
> In my case, I have six double-lamp units in my shop, and I sense no FRI from
> a ballast or the lamps. (In answer to your observation of the ballasts being
> a source of RFI noise.)
>
> I had read of the need to re-wire the fixture; In the case of your Phillips
> units, this was not needed? If so, this is nice!
>
> 73; -Mike- K0JTA
>
>> On 6/7/16 1:42 PM, Kim Elmore wrote:
>> I have some Phillips LED tubes as drop in replacements for T8 tubes. All are
>> quiet. It's the ballasts that are problematic. In my case, they're quiet,
>> too.
>>
>> Kim N5OP
>>
>> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the
>> music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>>
>>> On Jun 7, 2016, at 13:16, Mike Schwendeman <mike@s3com.net
>>> <mailto:mike@s3com.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Good day all;
>>>
>>> I have been seeing more REPLACEMENT LAMPS for my shop's 4-foot florescent
>>> lamps, with the replacement being of the LED design. (-Same lumen levels,
>>> lots lower power consumption, extremely long lamp life expectancy are the
>>> selling points.)
>>>
>>> I have read of several folks that had noise issues with under-counter LED
>>> strings, in which the source of the noise was the DC power supply for the
>>> strings of LEDs.
>>>
>>> How are the LED replacements for standard 4-foot florescent lamps, as for
>>> noise or RFI generation? (Any advice?)
>>>
>>> Thank you, and 73; -Mike- K0JTA
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