How to change a fluorescent tube by a LED tube?

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In this category you can find all the types of LED tubes that we have in Greenice. Discover all the variants and substitute your old fluorescent tubes.

When performing a LED tube installation it is very important to take into account some important aspects. Most LED tubes work directly to the voltage that pours the network (220 vac), so you have to cancel any intermediate element that makes the tubes not work at this voltage.

1  Key concepts, parts of a LED tube

  • Primer: This device is responsible for raising the temperature of the gas in the ignition by generating a spark.
  • Reactance: Increases the tension that pours the network from the 220 Vac to 1000 Vac.
  • Skwwle: Place where the tubes are housed and where the modifications will have to be made to install the LED tubes.
  • Phase: Brown cable of the electrical installation
  • Neutral: Blue installation blue cable
  • Grounding: Yellow cable, with green stripes.
  • Electric grid voltage: 220 Vac with 60 Hz.
The steps when installing the LED tubes are the following:
  1. The first step is to disconnect the electricity from the installation, so we will lower the differential to avoid possible electrocution risks.
  2. We will cancel primer and reactance and all the elements that interfere to us, remaining only with the phase (brown) and neutral (blue) cables.
  3. Depending on the chosen tube (one end or both ends) we will have to connect in one way or another. See attached attachments.
  4. The next step is to act the differential and see if the LED tube illuminates.
Substitutions are made by measures. Remember that the measures of the tubes with T8 cap (G13) are 600, 900, 1200 and 1500 mm. Fluorescent tubes have a coding so that IRC provides so much and the color temperature in K. For example, if the tube has the coding of 860, this indicates that the IRC is 80 while the color temperature is 6000 K, if it is 840, the IRC is 80 and the color temperature is 4000 K. If the code is 830, the IRC is 80 and the color temperature is 3000 K. When buying LED tubes, these are The main things you should take into account: the length of the tube. The intensity of light. The color or temperature of the light

2 Advantages of LED tubes

One of the great advantages of LED tubes is their useful life, certified by LED suppliers in 30,000 hours. The useful life of ancient fluorescent is about 8.00 - approximately 10,000 hours. They do not contain harmful gases for health and the environment. Fluorescent tubes contain mercury a very harmful element for humans and that easily passes to the food chain. On the contrary, the LED tubes are free of toxic elements made that is certified by the ROSH certificate. In addition, its construction makes it more resistant to blows than the old fluorescent tubes. They are of instant ignition, unlike the fluorescent tubes that need preheating to provide 100%light. As for consumption, it will also be affected since, for example, 1200 mm tubes go from 36W in fluorescent to 18W in LED. This is the great advantage of the LED tube compared to the fluorescent tube since savings is more than 50% because by eliminating intermediate elements such as primer and reactance. LED pipe lighting is more focused because what the sensation of lighting is greater in LED tubes than in fluorescent tubes. Instead, fluorescent tubes, when emitting light in all directions needs reflectors to focus the light and distribute it in the desired direction.

3 Fluorescent tube equivalence to LED tube

These substitutions are approximate since the characteristics of the fluorescent tube (lumens) must be proven previously to ensure that equivalence and replacement is adequate.

4 Fluorescent tube equivalence to LED tube

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