T8 LED Type A+B Tube Light 3FT, 2520LM, 18W(45W Equivalent), 6000K, Plug and Play or Ballast Bypass, 36 Inch F30T12 Fluorescent Bulb Replacement, Dual Ended, 36” Lighting Tube Fixture (4-Pack)

Bright and white. These replace the fluorescent bulbs in my bathroom fixture beautifully. I was tired of buying finicky fluorescent bulbs for the fixture in my bathroom. The bulbs were an unusual size, 3', and didn't really last all that long. Plus one would go out, which meant both would go dim and I'd have too fool around with them to figure out which bulb was at fault. Sometimes the bulb just wasn't seated correctly. These bulbs were the same price as fluorescent, will arguably last much longer and be more reliable, and won't need to be recycled as hazardous waste, like fluorescent bulbs do because of the mercury vapor inside. I wired around the high voltage ballasts by just wiring directly to the AC line that feeds the fixtures, and they worked a treat. One pin on one side of the bulb is hot, the other is neutral. It doesn't seem to matter which is which, nor does it matter which of the two pins on a single side are wired to the AC as both pins on a side are ganged together inside the bulb. So long as you have a very basic understanding of AC wiring it's pretty hard to get it wrong when wiring these up. I had two fixtures, 4 bulbs total, and it was no problem.

Easy to install. Works great with perfect light for kitchen.

Very simple to rewire old ballast fluorescent light and has more Lumens than old style fluorescent lighting.

I purchased eight 3 foot and four 2 foot tubes to replace fluorescent tubes under and over my kitchen counter cabinets. The photo shows the underside of the cabinets; I'm still working on the tops of the cabinets. The photo is a bit deceiving; in reality the light cast is more diffuse and smoother. I really like the 6500k light temperature that gives the kitchen a more modern look. Bypassing the ballast is easy (see second photo of wiring). Connect neutral (white) to one tombstone and hot (black) to the other one. Only one pin on each side of the tube needs to be connected, and either one will do. I connect both pins to the white on one side and both pins to the black on the other. Be aware that my old fluorescent light fixtures contain opaque white lenses that these tubes are shining through. So they would be brighter without the lens. In either case, they are much brighter than the old fluorescent tubes. One issue to be aware of is the orientation of the tombstones within your existing fixture. Fluorescent tubes direct the light in all directions. LED tubes direct the light in one direction, so when you lock them into the tombstone contacts, they point parallel to the height of the tombstone. In my case the tombstones point toward the front of the cabinets instead of downward. So I had to orient them at a 45 degree angle because orienting them downward is at the insertion point when they are not touching the copper contacts and the lights are off. At 45 degrees they don't lock in, but they made contact with the copper contacts just enough to turn them on.

After returning several sets of a different sellers "plug and play" tube lights which did not work, I decided to remove the ballast on my own and give these a try. I have no skills. I turned off the power to the kitchen and made sure the switches were all off. Then I followed the the picture here which shows you how the wires connect once you snip the ballast out. My wire colors were a little different so I looked it up on the internet to be sure. Once I got done with snipping the ballast wires and connected the ends of my tube light fixture to the correct wires coming in (blue to white and black to red), I powered back on and Holy bright! Our kitchen has never been this bright! My white appliances look white again. I also just left the ballast in since it was screwed in and out of the way. Note. We have a very small kitchen that initially had 3 tube lights. There is no way we could put 3 back in or we'd feel like we were on the sun. 1 of these new led tube lights was more than enough Love them! Give it a try if you are thinking about it. It's worth it in my opinion. My other 3 lights will probably last me a lifetime!