On 17/12/2017 23:06, GB wrote:

We tried with just one tape, and the light is very meagre compared to a
fluorescent. You'd need several, not just one or two.

A fluorescent tube is about 3000 - 4000 lumens per meter. So, you can
work out exactly how many tapes you need for equivalent light output.


For under cabinet lights pointing downward to a work surface do you
actually need 3000 lumens per meter?

I doubt that most shorter tubes fitted in under cabinet lights are a
higher wattage item giving that much light.

Lower wattage tubes may be comparable with the figures for LEDs

Typical figures
https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technic...n_Complies.htm

Unlike a fluorescent tube LED is a directional light source and all the
light will be directed towards the work surface.

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