Kitchen light - neon tube to LED tube

[Mincey]

Evening learned chums, I feel the need to change my kitchen light to LED. It's currently an old fashioned Neon tube thing with a starter. Can I bin the neon tube and put one of these in without any adverse affects please (assuming I get the length correct!) https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-g13-t8-led-tube-3300lm-22w-1514mm-5-/608ha

[Cypry 1]

NO !!!  you have to disconnect the starter gear.

You might as well get a complete new LED Batten from Screwfix.

However if you are not sure what you are doing get a sparky in !!!

[Mincey]

Many thanks! I shall heed your advice, cheers!

[Malc1]

Best leave well alone then !?!

maybe save yourself 100 squid too 

Malc 

[steve2006]

I remember buying a LED under cupboard  strip light from Ikea to replace an old fluorescent one.

Got home and began to fit it, got it mounted up fine so time for the electrics.

Couldn’t find the special cable connector in the package so rang them to be told the cable wasn’t included but was available as an extra purchase.

They couldn’t grasp the idea that the cable needed to be included as a package even after I said it was like buying a new car without wheels.

I think it’s still in the shed having purchased one with the cable from amazon.

Ikea the Swedish word for S**t 

 

[ColinBarber]

1 hour ago, Mincey said:

Evening learned chums, I feel the need to change my kitchen light to LED. It's currently an old fashioned Neon tube thing with a starter. Can I bin the neon tube and put one of these in without any adverse affects please (assuming I get the length correct!) https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-g13-t8-led-tube-3300lm-22w-1514mm-5-/608ha

Get this one instead. It comes with a starter replacement (which is essentially just a piece of wire link in a starter casing). I've personally used one of these to replace a tube in a friend's garage to save the time and effort needed to replace the whole fitting.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/philips-g13-linear-led-tube-2000lm-19w-151-3cm-5ft-/874je

 

[Mincey]

26 minutes ago, ColinBarber said:

Get this one instead. It comes with a starter replacement (which is essentially just a piece of wire link in a starter casing). I've personally used one of these to replace a tube in a friend's garage to save the time and effort needed to replace the whole fitting.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/philips-g13-linear-led-tube-2000lm-19w-151-3cm-5ft-/874je

 

Thank you!

[NemesisUK]

As above simple swap with the included starter but if you want to get the full benefit and save energy you will have to bypass the ballast as well.

[Mincey]

Mission accomplished! Instant bright light - I'm well chuffed. Thank you all for your input