How to Install LED Underglow Lighting

How do I Replace Office Fluorescent Lights With White LED Tubes?
If you are using a significant number of fluorescent tubes in your office, the total wattage used can add up quickly. This amounts to a significant electric bill at the end of the month. With LED replacement tubes now on the market, you can replace your existing fluorescent tubes with LED tubes. LED street lights typically run at about 15 watts for standard four-foot long tubes, whereas your old fluorescent tubes run at 32 to 40 watts per tube. Installation of LED tube will involve a little retrofitting of the light fixture, but the cost savings will be well worth it.
Instructions
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Turn off power to your fluorescent light fixtures.
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Locate the two latches on the side of the light fixture door and pull them down. The door should then swing open. If your fixture has exposed bulbs, you will not have a door to open.
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Twist the fluorescent bulbs 90 degrees to remove them from the fixture. Unsnap the electrical cover plate to access the ballast and internal wiring.
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Use a wire cutter to cut the wiring on both sides of the ballast. If your fluorescent fixture has a starter, cut the wiring from it also. Remove both the ballast and the starter from the fixture. Most are secured with 5/16-inch-head screws.
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Connect the black (hot) wire that used to run to the ballast to both wires coming from one of the sockets with a wire nut. These wires may be red or blue. Connect the white (neutral) wire to both of the wires coming from the other socket with a wire nut. If your fixture does not have a starter, the neutral wire may already be hard-wired to a socket. Connect the green (ground) wires together with a wire nut.
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Snap the electrical cover plate back into place.
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Install the new daytime running light into the fixture. Push them into the socket of the fixture with the pins in a vertical position. Twist each tube 90 degrees to lock it into place. Lift the light fixture door back into place and push up on the latches to lock the door in place.
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Repeat steps two through seven for each additional fixture you want to convert. Turn the power back on once finished, and turn the fixtures on to verify that they are operational.
Tips & Warnings
Always turn off the power to the LED strip lights fixtures when servicing them. Failure to do so may result in severe electrical shock.

Fluorescent Substitutes for an LED Tube

Fluorescent Substitutes for an LED Tube
With advancing technology in green, environmentally-friendly lighting, many people are turning from the fluorescent tubes and replacing them with light emitting diode (LED) lights. Technology surrounding LED street lights is improving quickly and the efficiency and durability of LED lights leads some to switch to LED tubes over fluorescent. However, some want to use the fluorescent tubes because the fluorescent lighting is brighter or because they like the familiar hue of the fluorescent light. Another reason to switch is that LEDs are more expensive than fluorescent tubes.
18 to 20 Watt LED T8 Tubes
If a room or fixture uses an LED tube of 18 to 20 watts in a T8 LED tube socket, it can reasonably be substituted for a fluorescent tube of 36 watts. The fluorescent tube provides a slightly higher lumen output.
T10 18 Watt tubes
The T10 LED accepts a 40 watt fluorescent tube as a substitute. daytime running light now contain the starter and ballast inside the tube, so the fluorescent tube can usually be substituted directly into an LED lighting fixture.
T5 Tubes
The T5 fluorescent tube can be switched for a LED downlight in most cases. These are smaller tubes often used under cabinets, in warehouses, on buses and as backlighting for signs. Standard outputs for high output fluorescent LED light bars are 29, 39 and 54 watts while LED versions are 20 watt for high output.

How to Convert From Fluorescent to LED Lights

How to Convert From Fluorescent to LED Lights
There are numerous reasons why an individual should consider converting his fluorescent lights to LED lights. It is widely known that fluorescent lights contain mercury and do not last very long. LED light bulbs are environmentally friendly because they do not contain mercury, last longer, conserve energy and emit less heat. The process of converting fluorescent to LED lights is relatively straight forward, but you must have a conversion kit or a drop-in tube in order to successfully complete the task.
Instructions
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Find the necessary conversion kit or drop-in tube before starting to convert the fluorescent light fixtures to LED strip lights capable fixtures. The Albeo Tech website explains that drop-in tubes are easier to install, but they are less efficient than conversion kits. Select and purchase the equipment that works best to meet your needs.
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Turn off the power before beginning to work on the LED street lights fixture. Remove the light cover in addition to the fluorescent light bulbs. The ballast cover should also be removed by twisting it or sliding it off.
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Use a screwdriver to remove the ballast and the wire caps in order to expose the wires. The transformer from the conversion kit must be secured where the ballast was located. Install the mounting brackets from the kit and make sure that everything is screwed tightly.
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Click the LED light bulbs into place. The wires must be connected to the transformer as well as the LED light bars. Reinstall the ballast cover and turn the power back on to make sure the new bulbs work.
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Install LED lights using similar steps if you chose to use drop-in tubes for the conversion process. Oonce the light cover and fluorescent bulbs are removed the LED bulbs are inserted directly into the old brackets. Reinstall the cover and turn on the power to make sure that the light works with the new bulbs in place.
Tips & Warnings
Using a drop-in tube means the old ballast is still in place. The old ballast can compromise the effectiveness of the LED bulb lights. Leaving the old ballast in place is also a potential safety issue because it can cause high voltage within the light fixture.