Product Description
Click Image for more pictures and specifications and installation instructions. Previous Part Number T8-120-3528-18-CW
18" T8 12v Tube Light Replacement. Standard Size T8 Tube, Actual Size 17 1/4" excluding pins.
6000K Cool White, for 4500k Natural White see part number T8-18TUBE-NW and though not as popular, this tube is also available in Warm White part number T8-18TUBE-WW.
NOTICE: Requires a simple rewire to the fixture to eliminate the wasteful and troublesome ballast. See the link below for typical installation instructions for T8 tubes. Do not install these into a 120v environment or they will be damaged the the warranty void.
- PREVIEW THE GENERAL INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION HERE
- Go to M4Sales.com to see our Resource Center with additional fixture pictures and instructions
Specifications:
- Includes 1 Tube Light, Wire Nuts, and Extra Wire.
- Round profile and end cap for smallest possible LED Tube size.
- Now also has Rotating End Caps so these can be turned if necessary to fit into fixtures with sideways sockets.
- 18" Tube Light, actual size 17 1/4" not including pins (standard T8 size bulb, will not fit T5 fixtures) x 1 1/4" round.
- 8w, 12 Volts
- Actual Fluke reading 0.62A at 12.8vdc
- 960 lumens
- Frosted lens covering 48 2835 SMD LED chips so you do not see the individual LEDs when you look at the light.
- 6000k color range is Cool White.
- Power through the end pins so you don't have a wire hanging out the side of the bulb to be seen.
- Non Polarity, one end of the bulb gets power, the other side gets ground. Installs either direction.
- Basic rewiring of the fixture is needed to eliminate the florescent tube ballast
- Detailed Instructions Online with color pictures at http://m4sales.com/tubelightinstructions/
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Led lights
These are designed and work great. Little modification to fixture. Light (cool white) is just what I want. Clean , white light and no real blue. Could not be more pleased. The people at M4Products will respond to you asap and I liked that. Would Recommend to anyone. Instructions were right on.
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Great Retrofit
good instructions make for a easy installation. Would recomend advising people to take the fixture down so as to be able to work on it more easily. These lights put out considerably more light than a 18" daylight bulb. It would be useful to offer a plastic sleeve to attenuate the brightness in some cases. Do you know if this might be available? M4 Note: No type of sleeve is available, but one of our LED dimmers could always be added to adjust the light.
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Best LED Tube Retrofit
I had purchase in May 2013 at an RV get together. The replacement tubes that have a wire coming out of them (Starlight brand), for $38.80 each. Now the dealer selling them said they put out enough light to just install one tube per fixture. I did and was not happy till I installed two tubes per fixture. I bought 6 @ 38.80 ea. = $232.80. A couple of weeks ago I bought 11 tubes from M4 and installed them and they are just fantastic...They really put out a lot of light and the installation was very simple. I did remove the fixture from the ceiling and rewired it on a work bench so I did not have to work over my head. 11 tubes converted 5 fixtures, and today I have purchased 13 more tubes to convert the remainder of my fixtures in my 38 ft Monaco Dynasty motorhome. I will recommend this conversion to any one with florescent tube fixtures. I removed the ballast on each fixture and was a very clean retro. No more buying ballast for my fixtures.....Thanks M4 for such a great product....
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Superior products & service
Placed a large order and received shipment within 4-5 days. I had problems with the installation of my 12" & 18" tube lights. Called and talked to Steve and he had me send him pictures of my fixtures. After a couple of phone calls & a new diagram for the connections, he had me up & running in no time. I will definitely continue to buy my LED retro lights from M4.
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Instructions
Great instructions, easy to install. Very prompt delivery. We do alot of dry camping, this should conserve our batteries power.
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Great service
Steve, the owner of M4 products does a wonderful job in all areas of service, very prompt USPS delivery (a strong testament is supporting our great US Mail service), and immediate responses to installation problems and trouble shooting a customers questions. A great company that has quality products and customer support.
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Great fix to an expensive problem
My coach is a 2008 and has a lot of 12" and 18" fluorescent lights and I have replaced 3 or 4 ballast over the years. Ballast are hard to deal with and expensive. So the idea of replacing the standard bulbs with LED ‘s was intriguing so I bought Two 18inch LED tubes to give it a try. The install instructions were perfect if your light was the one they used, in the instructions but after just a few minutes I was able to figure it out and the retro fit took less the 10mins. They look great and the ballast problem is solved. I think the cost of the LED is close to the cost of a ballast so it becomes a wash. I also, run from batteries a lot tail gating SEC football so I should see improvements on the power draw. Great product I will buy more.
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Easy to do!
Just follow the instructions that come with the kit. Its a no brainer. If you get stuck review the 1st page diagram on the wiring and duplicate it. If you have a double tube fluorescent you are replacing just treat it as one bulb.
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lights
great lights wiring simple customer support outstanding amazing in todays world