Everything You Need to Know About Converting Fluorescent Lights to LED

Fluorescent lamps have been the main lighting equipment for many years, but they have some drawbacks, such as frequent flickering, eye fatigue after a long period of time, the need for frequent replacement and high energy consumption, plus fluorescent lamps contain harmful substances such as mercury, which is dangerous to handle and also very unfriendly to the environment.

Benefits of converting fluorescent lamps to LEDs

The drawbacks of fluorescent lighting make people want to look for better lighting solutions, and LED fixtures offer a number of advantages over fluorescent lighting that have made led fixtures a popular choice, and replacing and upgrading fluorescent fixtures to LEDs has a number of benefits that make it worthwhile to do so:

Energy efficient: LED light fixtures are much more energy efficient than fluorescent light fixtures, saving you a lot of energy while providing the same level of illumination, thus lowering your electric bill.
Longer Lifespan: LED fixtures generally have a lifespan of 50,000 hours or more, which makes them more stable and reduces the time and cost of maintenance and replacement.
Better Lighting Experience: Compared with fluorescent lamps, which tend to flicker and cause eye fatigue, LED lamps have a more stable, bright, even and soft light, which ensures stable lighting and improves the experience of using the lamps at the same time.
Environmental protection: LED lamps do not contain harmful substances, and can even be recycled, more friendly to the environment, and the use of energy will be less, saving resources to reduce waste.

How to choose the right LED lights

Upgrading to LED lights has many benefits that fluorescent lights can't bring, so how do you choose LED lights to get efficient and appropriate LED lights? Here are some factors to consider:

Specific use: first need to consider the specific requirements of the space where the lamps and lanterns are to be installed is what kind, for example, some garages or workrooms are more suitable for use with higher lumen LED lamps and lanterns, warehouses and such storage areas require lumens that may be a little lower.
Space size: the area of the space and ceiling height is different, the need to choose the type and number of LED lamps and lanterns are different. LED high bay light is very suitable for use in high ceiling space, even if the ceiling is very high can also provide sufficient and uniform lighting to the space. Also the size of the space will affect the number of LED fixtures that need to be purchased.
Compatibility: If you decide to make a lighting system upgrade, you need to make sure that the LED fixtures are compatible with your existing dimmers as well as ballasts to avoid problems during installation.
Dimming control: when choosing LED lamps and lanterns, if there is a need for dimming, you need to pay attention to the purchase of LED lamps and lanterns whether there is clearly written with dimming function, because not all LED lamps and lanterns with dimming function, it is best to be able to confirm with the merchant before purchasing.