LED Tube Lights

LED Tube Lights are replacement lighting for the common fluorescent tube. Fluorescents have been the main stay in office and commercial lighting for decades, but companies who retrofit their fluorescent lighting to LED Tube Lighting are realizing the savings and benefits. Here are several reasons to consider converting over to LED Tubes:

1. Reduced energy consumption. Converting over from 4ft T8 32W fluorescents to 15W LED Tubes saves you around 55-60% on your lighting bills. Keep in mind that fluorescent tubes need a ballast to operate, and they can consume 4-7 watts per fixture.

2. Reduced maintenance costs. Our US Made LED Tubes are rated for 80,000 hours and warrantied for 5 years. If your office runs lights 12 hours a day and average 20 working days a month, your LED Tubes will work for over 27 years before you would have to replace them. Compare that with fluorescent tubes that would have to be replaced every few years, not including replacement of ballasts.

3. Reduced HVAC Load. LED Tube Lights run cool, and do not add to the heat load in the building. This means you will not need to run your HVAC system to offset this heat, saving you additional money.

Internal vs. External driver tubes

All LED bulbs have drivers. They perform the function of converting AC power from the utility company into DC power. LED Lights run on DC power. Some LED Tube manufacturers incorporate the drivers on the inside of their tubes. Some decide to host the driver on the outside of the tube. There are some subtle and maybe not so obvious differences between the two designs. Here is a list of the differences.

1. Retrofitting to tubes with internal drivers involves removing the ballast and wiring the wires that provide energy to the tube holders to the line source (Note: follow the instructions included by the manufacturer when retro fitting your existing fixtures with LED Lights. This discussion is not meant to replace the installation manual). Retrofitting external driver tubes also involves removing the ballast but the line source is now wired into the LED driver and the output of the driver is connected to the tube. No power is sent down the wires to the end tube holders.

2. The external drivers are larger than internal drivers.

3. External driven tubes may have a longer life span than internal driven tubes (Note: this is based on the tubes we currently sell. Our external driven tubes are rated for 80,000 hours and our internal driven tubes are rated for 50,000 hours).

How many Lumens do I need?

This is a question we get asked a lot. A 15W 4ft fluorescent tube can easily be replaced by a 15W 1500 lumen led tube. However we also have 18W 1800 lumen LED Tubes and 25W 2500 lumen LED tubes. Why would you want to use the higher lumen LED Tubes? These are more for special needs where extra light is required. The 25W 2500 lumen LED tube is very bright and much more than what you need in a typical office environment.

USA Made LED Tubes

We have US Made LED Tube Lights that have UL Listed external drivers. All our USA Made tubes can be equipped with single pin, bi-pin or high output ends and are available in lengths of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 feet. Available color temperatures are: 3,500K - Warm White, 4,300K Neutral White and 5,500K Day White. CRI is 80, life expectancy is 80,000 hours and the tubes are backed by a 5 year warranty.