Noddy65 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Hi allHas anyone used the LED fluorescent tube replacements....how do they compare in brightness to normal fluorescent tubes....and where did you get them from?Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckmeister Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 My local fishshop uses LED fluorescent tube replacements I believe on his tanks. I do remember him telling me about them some time ago saying it was a cheap alternative to buying LED fixtures complete though I haven't checked on it at all. As a no frills choice they are pretty cheap.I believe he told me that most wholesale light suppliers have them so maybe try the yellow pages or google and ring a few local ones. Will at least give you an idea on them.Not sure how reliable they are though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Hi Mike, I started replacing my t8 tubes with led replacements when I was running my room and most of them died pretty quickly. Although they were great to start off with after 12 months or so some of them started failing. The leds might be rated for 30,000 hours but I suspect that the inbuilt starters are not. They do run nice and cool and do get down into 2'depths. I also noticed a drop in my electricity usage. I still have two leds tubes running and that is around 2 years down the track. Given they cost fractionally more than proper aquarium lights tubes I don't feel to ripped off just a tad disappointed CheersRosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 The led shop in qld had them in 2 and 4 foot lengths but for 3'lengths I found a place in sa on eBay that I was going use directly (i.e not through eBay) but I started shutting down my room. CheersRosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noddy65 Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thanks guys.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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