Highlights
Quality
The quality appears to be excellent and i have used the rotation feature to direct light toward cupboards
Quality color of light is good and maybe just a bit brighter than the earlier tubes
There was no problem with the flight product
Only using 7 watts with the one bulb
Price
However cost is considerably higher than other led bypass conversions due to lack of competition in this size
I thought the cost was alot with shipping
Packaging/appearance
Once the handyman at my condo came by he quickly removed the ballasters
With a little bit of work with an ohmmeter i was able to find the actual onoff section and reuse the original push onpush off p... Read More
Competitiveness
Took out the ballast and rewired as described in the attached instruction it worked like a champ
It’s actually more straightforward than the original wiring in most fluorescent fixtures
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- This product had a total of 351 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 28 2020.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Also half of the light tube is covered by what looks like a heat sink
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This requires some basic rewiring of the fixture so dont buy these if you arent willing to do this
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There are tricks to the ventahood brand unit
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had to remove the two screws at the bottom of the fixture and the one screw that holds the tube to the fan box after first turning off the circuit breaker
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It turns out this is not a ballastcompatible bulb and you must bypass your ballast
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
A nice update to an old lamp with a lot of character but outdated electronics
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The color of this light was not the crazy bluish light some leds can be
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It had a ballast starter which matched one of the diagrams on the instructions