2-Pack of Anten T8 LED Shop Light Tube, 2ft, 10W, 6000K (Bright White Glow), Single-Ended Power, Milky Cover, G13 Lighting Fixtures, UL-Listed

This is my second set of lights from these guys and they do not disappoint. I purchased a 2 pack of the 4 Ft T8, 18W in 4000K to replace 40W florescent T12 bulbs. The removal of the ballast was simpler this time around as I only had 1 hot and 1 neutral wire coming into the fixture. Public Service Announcement here, make sure power is off to the fixture! After making sure I knew my setup BEFORE cutting any wires, I was confident that the two leads that were going into the tombstone on the side I was going to power (only one side of an LED bulb fixture requires power, the other side just holds up the bulb) were going to be the two leads I connected my hot (AKA line) and neutral wire to. I then cut all of the wires as close to the ballast as I could (in case I needed wire later, which I didn't), The bulbs themselves list a hot (AKA Line) and a neutral connector pin (the two pins that come out of each end of the bulb). I made sure that the leads going into the tombstone were connected to the line and neutral wire based on that bulb designation. In my case, the lead coming from the left side of the tombstone was connected to hot as that was the side the pin labeled "line" was going to connect to. I connected the lead on the right side of the tombstone to neutral as that was the side the neutral pin on the bulb would go into. As there are two bulbs in the fixture, there was already a daisy chain set up to the other tombstone on that side so I didn't have to do anything with the other tombstone. Power going to the one tombstone was carried over to the other due to the daisy chain. On the opposite, non powered end of the fixture, I simply cut the wires going into the tombstones. By leaving the ballast with cut wires in the fixture as well as the non powered tombstones with cut wires, I figure there will be no mistaking if someone later tries to install bulbs that require a ballast. I also made sure to place the sticker that came with the bulbs on the ballast cover that says the fixture has now been rewired for LED.As for the bulbs themselves, these went into a his/her clothes closet with no outside light. These are definitely brighter than the 40W florescent bulbs they replaced. I like 4000K color as it's not the yellower incandescent from 3000K and it's not the blue white you get from 5000K. Good for a clothes closet and probably pantry as well. If these were for a countertop, I might want more incandescent and if for a shop, I might want the blue white, but for a closet, this color is perfect. They are not instant on, so probably need a half second or so to turn on. They still light up faster than the rapid start bulbs they replaced. I have no issues with the slight delay. Overall a great value for the price and even though T8 bulbs are narrower than T12, the ends are all the same so were compatible with the fixture.Thanks to all of the previous reviews for their electrician help. I thought adding my setup might help someone else. I am NOT an electrician, but I can handle a black and white wire coming into a fixture. If you can also, you should have no problems removing the ballast from a florescent fixture.

These hard-to-find LED tube lights are the perfect replacements for CFLs I'd gotten from Lowes several years ago.The instructions were a bit dense but understandable after a couple of read-throughs. While I knew I would have to remove the ballast from the CFL bulbs, the diagrams provided were confusing--UNTIL I realized that they were only showing a single bulb, whereas my lights each required four. Once I made that jump, the way forward was clear.Mind you there's some electrical work involved. Not only will you need to clip out the ballast, but you likely will have to add some additional wiring to run power to each tombstone (the "sockets") along one side where the ballast ran it to both sides. In my case there was an additional bit of work to do, in that the tombstones in my fixture didn't HAVE a place for the additional wire to come into the fitting -- I had to drill my own. Not difficult, but it might well put off somebody who felt less handy.Still I do love these lights. They are VERY bright and arguably I could have gotten by with only two per fitting rather than the four CFLs that were there. There's a slight delay, perhaps a half second, when switched on before they light up but it's very minor and easy to get used to.Very recommended, especially if you have 2 foot bulbs--you likely won't find two-footers at the local hardware store.

I purchased a pair of these to replace the burned out florescent tubes in my walk-in closet. I'm a big fan of LEDs and these seemed to fit the bill. First, there we no instructions. Google is your friend, and it's not rocket science, but not as easy as I initially thought either. Second, yes, these are powered from one end. The problem as I discovered, was exactly which end definitely matters! After re-wiring the fixture three times, I discovered if I simply switched the tube around, it worked. So the moral of the story here is the labeled end of the tube needs to be on the same end that you chose to supply the input voltage, otherwise it doesn't work. If you think you've wired the fixture correctly when bypassing the ballast and it doesn't work, swap the new LED bulb end to end.

These are virtually as bright as the fluorescent tubes that they replaced (keeping in mind that lights decline in output after many years so in all fairness I'd judge these to be about 90% as bright as a brand new fluorescent tube). I got this type (other type explained later) specifically because I wanted to get rid of the ballast because this thing wastes energy and will eventually go bad some day and then I'd have to replace it. So here's the caveat: If you have absolutely no acumen for electrical stuff then I'd recommend that you get the type of LED tube that is intended to work with the ballast, meaning that all you need to do is remove the old lamps and install the new LED's... voila you're done. I happen to be an Electrical Engineer and I rewired a 4 lamp fluorescent fixture (initially installing only two LED tubes to see how it worked) and it took me about 45 minutes and I had to pay attention to detail). By the way I've decided that I don't need the second pair of tubes.

As others have said, these bulbs are an easy way to retrofit an existing fluorescent fixture. I had a 2 bulb T8 fixture with electronic ballast. The fixture is in a pantry with a door hinge switch. The repeated on/off caused my T8 bulbs to burn out quickly. I tried another LED bulb that was supposed to work without having to rewire or remove the ballast (on sale for 16 dollars a piece at a local store). They did not work at all, so I returned them and ordered this set. After 10 minutes of easy wiring, these bulbs are up and running nicely. There is a slight delay before turning on like with many LED bulbs, but the light is very even and I think slightly brighter than the original bulbs. I have 2 more of these types of fixtures plus several 4 footers and, presuming these keep working well, I plan to buy these again and stop using the regular fluorescent T8 bulbs all together.