LED Garage Lights

[LD1]

I find it hard to believe that you would even be concerned about replacing what looks like an almost new installation of T8 HO with the "flash in the pan" LED's. The run of the mill LED's are presently putting out about 100 lumens/watt
Cree has already shown 276 lumens per watt in lab demos.

Now for those of us that are replacing failing fluorescent fixtures or doing new construction the dropping price of LED's make them very viable. But the best solution may not be standard "tube" shaped fixtures. It might be better to just use LED strips or string lights.

They were installed last year. But the lights were second hand. All came out of where I work where they decided to replace these with battery back up types. Have been slowly doing that in different areas of the plant.

Had to give them a good cleaning, and do some wiring changes (bypassing the transformer) cause these do have 120-277v ballasts, where they were in the plant was 460v lighting.

I am very happy with the light, but being down there all day, them kwh add up.Again, just them 8 lights is 48 bulbs @ 32w each...1.5kwh

 

[newbury]

Well I had been out of serious looking for LED's for a few months. Now I find that the Cree XLamp XP-L High Density LED's are widely available. They put out 200 lumens/watt and cost about $7@.
Cree XLamp XP-L High Density LED

I'm looking to put a few of these in an off grid shed to run off a battery powered by solar.

 

[Depmandog]

I was involved with our church's lighting upgrade project we just completed two weeks ago. We contracted with TITAN LED to perform the replacement. They initially came in and did an audit of our existing lighting - old T12, plus some exterior wallpack and shoebox fixtures; noted the current monthly electric charge of $800 and concluded we could reduce our electric bill to under $300 monthly.

The cost to relamp our fixtures (cutting out the ballasts) installing the LED drivers and new bulbs was going to be $18,000. However, our local utility was providing a 50% rebate, so our net cost was $9,000. In 16 months the energy saving should pay for the balance.

TITAN does not import. All bulbs and hardware and 100% American made. Titan LED Incorporated

Lights look great, used roughly 2/3 of the number of bulbs previously installed, plus our exterior lighting is miles better than we had prior.

Thought I would share.

 

[PhysAssist]

RSKY,

Would you be kind enough to post a link, or the manfacturer, and model number?, or whatever? something?

Thanks,
Thomas

 

[chopped]

I have a part of my garage(shop) that I had good ole bulbs in this section was with a car lift and had a high ceiling so I used cheap blue boxes and fixtures. three rows with seperate switches.dimentionw were 13 foot high ceiling, 13 wide and about 36 long. I quickly went with the squiggly bulbs . but from the cold and the constant on and off they started to burn out fast so now I have replaces all of them with these wally world ones. Instant on and less power ussage.I figure its cheaper to replace one here and ther than a whole fixture. ......Anyways these arent bad bulbs...
Great Value LED Light Bulb 8.5W (60W Equivalent) A19 (E26), Soft White - Walmart.com

 

[chopped]

OH they have showed as out of stock at my store for months ,yet I have been in and bought 50 or so..

 

[Ford850]

For those replacing T12 bulbs with LED tubes in existing fixtures, are you disconnecting the ballast? Does it depend on the new LED tubes whether or not you must (or can) bypass the ballast?
Also, I noticed some of your pictures of new LED fixtures with tubes show a lot of light reflecting off the ceiling. I thought the LED tubes would have the light directed out and down.

 

[k0ua]

For those replacing T12 bulbs with LED tubes in existing fixtures, are you disconnecting the ballast? Does it depend on the new LED tubes whether or not you must (or can) bypass the ballast?
Also, I noticed some of your pictures of new LED fixtures with tubes show a lot of light reflecting off the ceiling. I thought the LED tubes would have the light directed out and down.

They make both kinds, and yes it depends on the tubes, and how they are made to work. I would rather have the kind that you bypass the ballast and can get rid of it. Sure it takes a bit of time and you have to shut off the power, but once done it is done and you have one less thing to fail.

 

[Depmandog]

They make both kinds, and yes it depends on the tubes, and how they are made to work. I would rather have the kind that you bypass the ballast and can get rid of it. Sure it takes a bit of time and you have to shut off the power, but once done it is done and you have one less thing to fail.

And to add to James reply---The older style magnetic ballast (and to a lesser extent the newer ballast) use electricity any time the circuit is closed (on). Even if the bulbs are burned out OR completely removed. I would recommend using the style that does not require the old power consuming ballast.

 

[dragoneggs]

And to add to James reply---The older style magnetic ballast (and to a lesser extent the newer ballast) use electricity any time the circuit is closed (on). Even if the bulbs are burned out OR completely removed. I would recommend using the style that does not require the old power consuming ballast.

The whole ballast question was the reason I opted for whole new units vs swapping bulbs. Especially since the price was the same. Costco $29 for LEDs in fixture and $29 Replacement bulbs only (no mention of whether you need to mess with the ballasts but don't think so).