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Originally Posted by PhilaGardener
The plug and play LEDs only work with fairly new electronic ballasts. I tried some in my older shop units and they didn't work in that application for that reason.
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Yeah I was looking at some possible replacements again last night - turns out the Phillips ones which HD has locally will only work with an "instant start ballast". Also another variant on the do/don't plug and play, these only work WITH a ballast.
Seems like most of the "with or without ballast" ones work better without (as well as not with all ballasts). As Dan was saying, the power dif will add up over time. Also I read that the LED tube may fail prematurely if the ballast fails. So it is better to remove the ballast and rewire. I'm not sure if an electrician is required absolutely for that... I'm sure there's a video on YouTube.
