Whilst out for some exercise earlier I collected the 4 x 6' LED
fluorescent tube LED replacements from a mate, along with the 4
'Fuse' / starter replacements.

Energizer, S9914 T8 30W 40000K.

When we got home I fitted one (of the two kitchen fittings) and
noticed that:

1) The LED 'tube' illuminated quicker, even though the fluorescent
came on pretty quickly anyway (electronic starters but not HF
fittings).

2) Initially, the LED was considerably brighter ...

3) The fluorescent became equally bright as the LED after a few
seconds. AS the LED is advertised as 3000 lumens and the fluorescent
as 6300, shouldn't the fluorescent have been much brighter?

4) The LED was whiter, even when the fluorescent was at full
brightness.

Now, even if walking to through the kitchen at a reasonable pace,
the Home Automation has the kitchen lights on before I even get there,
versus half way along the kitchen. ;-)

Now I've been playing with them I'm not 'annoyed' by the mains hum
coming from the ballast(s) so I'm thinking I might bypass them but
leave them in place a) in the unlikely case I wasn't to go back to
fluorescent and b) they might as well stay there as anywhere else.

The question though is should I retain the 'starter' as it now says
'Fuse' on it, potentially protecting the automation switch from any
overload, should either tube go bad in the future, or bypass it
completely as well (relying on the MCB in the CU)?

Cheers, T i m

p.s. Online they are advertised as '30W (70W)' so does that mean they
are 30W consumption with the equivalent light output of a 70W
fluorescent, in the same way a '6W' LED lamp might (is supposed to)
give the same light as a 60W incandescent?