T12 fluorescent to LED conversion help

bgalizio · Jul 22, 2020

Looking for help converting T12 fluorescents to LED. Have a bunch of these in my basement and wanted to confirm the correct type of LED tube to get - single or double ended. Each fixture has 4 of the 4 ft T12s and 2 ballasts. Hopefully the pictures help.

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bgalizio said:
Looking for help converting T12 fluorescents to LED. Have a bunch of these in my basement and wanted to confirm the correct type of LED tube to get - single or double ended. Each fixture has 4 of the 4 ft T12s and 2 ballasts. Hopefully the pictures help.

My preference is to remove the ballasts and rewire.

MJPD29 · Jul 22, 2020

Don't know about usa but it could be more cost effective to change the fitting

telectrix · Jul 22, 2020

personally i'd fit 2"x2' Led panels and shuffle the tiles around. add additional tiles if necessary.

ipf · Jul 22, 2020

Yep. Fit led panels, 1200x600, even..... and bin them. I find (or used to before I gave up on them years ago) that the standard with converting is rubbish and with time taken, etc......

SuperLED · Jul 23, 2020

bgalizio said:
Looking for help converting T12 fluorescents to LED. Have a bunch of these in my basement and wanted to confirm the correct type of LED tube to get - single or double ended. Each fixture has 4 of the 4 ft T12s and 2 ballasts. Hopefully the pictures help.

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My preference is to remove the ballasts and rewire.

Correct, led tubes do not need ballasts, if the input voltage of led tube is AC220V/110V, then just rewire directly.

ipf · Jul 23, 2020

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bgalizio · Jul 23, 2020

SuperLED said:
Correct, led tubes do not need ballasts, if the input voltage of led tube is AC220V/110V, then just rewire directly.

Thanks! To get my bearings around this, from the set up in the pictures would you recommend wiring as single ended?

SuperLED · Jul 24, 2020

bgalizio said:
Thanks! To get my bearings around this, from the set up in the pictures would you recommend wiring as single ended?

That's OK.
Hereby I send a T8 tube Wiring diagram for your reference, simply speaking, LED tube does not need a ballast and starter, you can cut all wires except that from electric box. There are two types of led tube, one is double-ends input, you can connect each wire to each sides. The other is single-end input, you can connect two wires to the 2 pins of the input side(Import: first of all, you shall confirm with the Tube supplier which end to be put).
Take it easy, not difficult, but take good care.