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Review: Intellitube LED T8 lamp works

with/without ballast
JUNE 29, 2015 BY MARGERY CONNER

What if you want to use a replacement LED lamp in your existing

uorescent xture, but you’re concerned about the limited lifetime of
the ballast? After all, few uorescent ballasts can match the lifetime of
New an LED lamp. If that’s the case, considerNew
the Intellitube lamp from
New
price drop
Energy Focus, which can work with either a T8 […]

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TAGGED WITH: T8, TEAR-DOWN

Cree voluntarily recalls new LED T8s

JUNE 5, 2015 BY MARGERY CONNER

Recently I saw a plaintive tweet from @SalCan, Director of Product at

Zi Davis, asking “Where can I buy a Cree T8 LED?” Apparently there
were none to be had. Strange, I thought — Cree just introduced them,
and there initially seemed to be lots in my local Home Depot. Now the
reason behind the missing LED […]

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TAGGED WITH: CREE, T8

The New Cree TW Series LED T8: Review

and teardown
APRIL 20, 2015 BY MARGERY CONNER

UPDATE: Cree has just voluntarily recalled these lamps — all 700,000 of them — because of a
problem with arcing on the spring-loaded connectors.  The Cree TW series LED T8
replacement lamp is a brand-new light, not to be confused with Cree’s original T8

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replacement lamp. That lamp, introduced a year ago, is no longer […]

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TAGGED WITH: CREE, T8, TEAR-DOWN

Review: Costco’s FEIT LED shop light

with integral lamps
APRIL 3, 2015 BY MARGERY CONNER

I have a lot of T12 uorescent lights in my house that are now obsolete
because of the 2014 ban on all T12 uorescent lamps (as well as
ine cient T8s). So what should I replace them with? I am taking a tour
of currently available linear LED lights. I’ve already checked out the
Hyperikon LED […]

FILED UNDER: LED LIGHTS, LINEAR/TUBE

TAGGED WITH: T8, TEAR-DOWN

Review: Hollywood Lights LED T8 tube

light
APRIL 1, 2015 BY MARGERY CONNER

I have a lot of T12 uorescent lights in my house that are now obsolete
because of the 2014 ban on all T12 uorescent lamps (as well as
ine cient T8s). So what should I replace them with? I am taking a tour
of currently available linear LED lights. I’ve already checked out the
Hyperikon LED […]

FILED UNDER: LED LIGHTS, LINEAR/TUBE, PACKAGING

TAGGED WITH: REVIEW, T8, TEAR-DOWN

Review: Cree’s LED LS series light in the

home
MARCH 24, 2015 BY MARGERY CONNER

I have a lot of T12 uorescent lights in my house that are now obsolete
because of the 2014 ban on all T12 and ine cient T8s. So what should I
replace them with? I’ve already checked out an LED replacement lamp
for re-wired T8 xtures. Next up: The Cree LS series Surface Ambient
light. One […]

FILED UNDER: LED LIGHTS, LINEAR/TUBE

TAGGED WITH: CREE, FLUORESCENT, SPECTROMETER, T12, T8

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Hyperikon T8 LED tube light review

MARCH 3, 2015 BY MARGERY CONNER

If you want to replace your T8 uorescent lights in your home or

garage with LED tube lights, you have a growing number of options. I
was pointed towards the Hyperikon LED T8 tube lights by reader
Pohakea (see comments) and had to give them a try myself, based on
their excellent price (as low […]

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TAGGED WITH: FLUORESCENT, REVIEW, T8

T12 uorescent light replacement for

garage: One approach
FEBRUARY 4, 2015 BY MARGERY CONNER

Ine cient T12 uorescent lamps, banned last summer, are getting hard
to nd in store inventories, and will soon be impossible to nd. What
should the replacement xtures  be for home use? Last summer I
wrote about the July 2014 ban on all T12 uorescent tubes and on
ine cient T8s (those with e cacy of less than […]

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Review: Philips InstantFit T8 LED lamp

targets uorescent ballasts
JUNE 11, 2014 BY MARGERY CONNER

Let’s take peek inside another recently-introduced LED T8

replacement lamp for uorescent tubes: The Philips InstantFit lamp.  It
produces 1500 lm from 14.5W, for an e cacy of 103 LPW. Its CRI is
listed as 83, and it comes in a range of color temperatures, from 3000K
to 5000K. It’s non-dimming. But that may not be […]

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TAGGED WITH: FLUORESCENT, PHILIPS, REPLACEMENT BULBS, T8, TEAR-DOWN

What’s inside the Cree T8 LED

uorescent-replacement lamp
MAY 23, 2014 BY MARGERY CONNER

After evaluating the performance of the new Cree T8 LED uorescent replacement lamp it
was time to take one apart to see how they are designed. A quick recap: The lamp uses 21W to
produce 2100 lm of 90CRI light. As you may remember from the article, the lamp’s cross-
section is oval rather than round.  Cree gave it rotatable end-cap plugs […]

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TAGGED WITH: AC LEDS, CIRCUIT DESIGN, CREE, FLUORESCENT, RELIABILITY, T8, TEAR-DOWN

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