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David G4EBT · 19th Nov 2017, 12:13 pm

I have a chum who recently converted his workshop lighting from twin fluorescent tubes to 600mm x 600mm LED panels, which to a large extent have superseded fluorescents in retail and office environments and it's not difficult to see why. Really bright and seem to flood his workshop with light. Nothing like as expensive as I'd imagined, and they come with a three-year warranty. No idea what they're like in terms of RFI and I wouldn't personally care about that. The spec is at the attached link, and it's worth reading the case study and before/after pictures of the conversion of lighting to LED panels in a chemist's shop.

The need to be mounted in a 600mm x 600mm box or recessed into a ceiling, so in that respect, aren't as convenient as fluorescents which can be surface mounted. They're 40 Watt, equivalent to 72 Watt fluorescents. In commercial environments there are considerable savings to be made of energy costs, which are of course less significant where we're only talking about a few panels in a home workshop.

Specification: Wattage [W] 40w
Voltage [V] 230
Lumens [lm] 3800 Tested
Dimensions [mm] 595x595
Beam Angle [°] 120
Average Life [h] 35,000
Colour Temperature [k] 3850-4150
Dimmable?No
Equivalent Fluorescent Wattage [w] 72

https://www.lampshoponline.com/45w-l...r.html#reviews

I haven't looked to see how those compare price-wise with competitors, but they're certainly far cheaper than many similar products on the market.

19th Nov 2017, 12:13 pm	#25
David G4EBT Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cottingham, East Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 5,766	Re: Workshop: LED replacements for flourescent tubes. I have a chum who recently converted his workshop lighting from twin fluorescent tubes to 600mm x 600mm LED panels, which to a large extent have superseded fluorescents in retail and office environments and it's not difficult to see why. Really bright and seem to flood his workshop with light. Nothing like as expensive as I'd imagined, and they come with a three-year warranty. No idea what they're like in terms of RFI and I wouldn't personally care about that. The spec is at the attached link, and it's worth reading the case study and before/after pictures of the conversion of lighting to LED panels in a chemist's shop. The need to be mounted in a 600mm x 600mm box or recessed into a ceiling, so in that respect, aren't as convenient as fluorescents which can be surface mounted. They're 40 Watt, equivalent to 72 Watt fluorescents. In commercial environments there are considerable savings to be made of energy costs, which are of course less significant where we're only talking about a few panels in a home workshop. Specification: Wattage [W] 40w Voltage [V] 230 Lumens [lm] 3800 Tested Dimensions [mm] 595x595 Beam Angle [°] 120 Average Life [h] 35,000 Colour Temperature [k] 3850-4150 Dimmable?No Equivalent Fluorescent Wattage [w] 72 https://www.lampshoponline.com/45w-l...r.html#reviews I haven't looked to see how those compare price-wise with competitors, but they're certainly far cheaper than many similar products on the market. __________________ David. BVWS Member. G-QRP Club member 1339.