"John Williamson" wrote in message ...

On 15/03/2014 11:54, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Uncle Peter wrote:
I've stopped using fluorescent tubes, they're very inefficient. As the
tubes died, I replaced the fittings to take LEDs.

You'd need an awful lot of LEDs to replace a 6ft tube...

And what makes you think they are more efficent?

It's possible to buy pin for pin replacements, all you may need to do is
replace the ballast choke with the appropriate gear for the LED array used
(Which could be just a piece of wire). Have a close look at the lights in
your local supermarket next time you're in there, and you may just be able
to make out the point sources inside what looks exactly like a normal tube.

http://www.ledchoice.co.uk/led-tube-...FUsUwwodHbMA-w

They give off more lumens per watt, and the clincher for commercial
applications is that the life is longer, so you spend less on maintenance.


So at 58 GPB each and I have 36 doubles ie 72 tubes thats ONLY 4000 quid
so no I'm not changing them !!!!!!!

Andrew