Product Description
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This is a LED retrofit light for 12" Florescent Tube Lights. Due to the size of these smaller tube lights, an external driver is provided. This driver converts 10-30v DC RV power to a clean 12v DC power for long tube life. Other brands of retrofit tube lights have a wire and the driver hanging out the side of the tube, we choose to provide the driver separately and we utilize the natural pins on the end of the tube for power for a much cleaner looking installation. Since the driver occupies the space of your previous ballast, you will never see the wires or driver while looking up at your fixture.
3200k Warm White. Warm Tube are not as common, but some like the extra warmth of this kelvin range. For 6000k Cool White see part number T5-Tube-CW or for 4500k Natural White see part number T5-Tube-NW.
You will need basic 12vDC wiring skills to install these tubes, or have them professionally installed. Wiring is basic, each driver gets a positive and negative wire connected, and each driver has a positive and negative wire that need to be connected to the end of each tube. View the full detailed installation instructions here Not recommended to be used near HAM radio or in close proximity to sensitive radio or tv equipment.
- 9-12vDC Tube Light with a 10-30vDC driver
- Draws only 0.24A at 12.8vDC
- 27 2835 SMD LED
- Sold Per Tube, for fixtures with two tubes you will need to order Qty of 2
| Specifications | |
| Item Number | T5-12TUBE-WW |
| Color Kelvin | 3200 |
| Calculated Lumens | 410 |
| Amps at 12.8v DC (Fluke Actual) | 0.24 |
| Rated Volts | 10-30v DC |
| Polarity | Non Polarity Driver |
| Overall Length | 11 1/4" w/o pins, 11 7/8" with pins |
| Overall Width (or diameter) | 3/4" |
| Overall Height | n/a |
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Excellent LED upgrade - thanks!
High quality 12" Thin Lite tube replacement. I know they're not cheap, but they are high quality. Well worth getting it right the first time and being on your way to lower power freedom! Also, thanks to M4 for including all of the extra parts -- even a "notice" sticker so that the next person knows the light was converted. Great thinking!
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retrofit tubes
Can't comment as I haven't received the product. Tracking system says in transit, will be late, no time mentioned or why its late. M4 Note: As noted on our checkout, the Post Office is a mess right now. We mailed it promptly when the order was placed First Class as requested on the order. The order has been delivered as of March 27th. This order did take 8 days travel time. The post office does the tracking number updates, that is all beyond our control.
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T5-12TUBE-WW Warm White 12"
Great light, great service. My only wish would be a bit more clarity in the drawings that go with the instructions. The markings are a bit too small to make it really clear how the included drivers that must be wired. It needs to be really clear that brown goes to the ground connection, blue wires into the power out side of the switch, red to the side of the fixture selected to be positive, and black to the side of the fixture selected to be negative. M4 Note: Thank you for the input, but we feel the instructions are fairly clear. They can be previewed at http://m4sales.com/InstallT5.pdf and are not only covered in the picture (that may be small to fit), but also #11, #12, and #13 on the installation instructions talks about it in detail. If there is ever a question on installation, please ask.
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T-5-12Tube-WW
Perfect replacement for 12" fluorescent tubes in my Thin-Lite Model 742 fixture. Easy to install and provided the perfect light for the under cabinet area near my kitchen sink. As usual, the quality of the products was outstanding. Cold not be happier with this an all products from M4.
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soft warm light LED
warm lighting down the center of RV with natural lighting in kitchen and places we need bright. Soft light gives a great ambiance.
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T5-12TUBE LED TUBE LIGHT
EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE , EASY INSTALLATION
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Awesome LED replacement
The warm white tone and frosted make these a perfect replacement. No bright abnormal white light. Using them in the bedroom and under the counter. Easy to replace so the coach lights looks stock but with the efficiency of LEDs. The instructions were easy to follow. Am going to be upgrading entire coach now.
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Easy replacement for tubes in thinlite fixture
We love the warm light output and how quick it was to wire in the separate drivers. M4's directions were easy to follow (although it probably helped that I'd seen the RV Geek's video of how they did their rewiring). Highly recommended.
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Warm and Cozy
I bought this product (warm white LED tube) to replace fluorescent tubes in my RV and was not sure if the light temperature was correct. Well, in short, I am delighted with the warm, cozy feel this light produces. Although I have had limited opportunity to test this product - a week here and there - when i did, it worked just fine with no flickering. I think this is the answer to limited power draw from batteries in situations where no external power is available. I also bought natural white tubes and likewise, they are working very well. They provide a brighter feeling light than their “warm” counterparts, which is what we wanted. I’m quite happy with the performance of M4 products. I have a feeling I’ll still be saying the same thing a few years from now.
