Product Description
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This is a 12VOLT tube. Some RV and Boat fixtures (Thinlite) use a 120v florescent tube light which uses a ballast that converted 12vdc to 120v to light the light. With this light you must eliminate this troublesome ballast and just supply the tube with 12v power, positive to one end of the tube, ground to the other. A simple fixture rewire is required. Do not install these into a 120v environment or they will be damaged the the warranty void.
Rotatable End Caps so they will fit in fixtures with either horizontal or vertical sockets with a simple 90 degree twist of the end cap.
36" T8 12v Tube Light Replacement. Standard Size F30T8 T8 Tube, Actual Size 35 1/8" excluding pins, or around 35 3/4" including the pins.
4500K Natural White, for 6000k Cool White see part number T8-36TUBE-CW
1250 Calculated Lumens
Installation of this tube is the same as our 18" tube lights. Remote or bypass the florescent ballast is required.
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.
- 15w, 12 Volts replaces a 36w florescent
- Brighter, no flicker, no warm up, and no expensive ballast to fail.
- Frosted lens covering 72 2835 SMD LED chips so you do not see the individual LEDs when you look at the light.
- 4500k color range is Natural 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
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36” LED upgrade bulbs
The LED bulbs I got from M4 were a perfect fit in my 36” dual light fluorescent fixture in the kitchen. Very easy to rewire, bypassing the ballast. Took me an hour start to finish. The space is much brighter than before. The shipping was slow. About two weeks to N Idaho. But they made here unscathed, and are a nice upgrade in my 33’ 2005 Holiday Rambler Thanks. Mike Brown. M4 Note: It looks like we received the order on the 6th and we also shipped on the 6th via the requested service, which is USPS Ground Advantage. I can't answer for the post office, but we do have other shipping options at checkout all the way to overnight, but it does get costly on long oversize items especially. Good to hear about the lighting improvements!
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Exceeded expectations!
Build quality is excellent! 4500K is the perfect light tone and quality for our interior overhead RV lights.
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Highly recommend!
Replaced the 36” fluorescent tubes in our living area and kitchen area fixtures with these LED tubes and WOW!! The retrofit is super easy using the included instructions and the RV Geeks videos. The light output is far superior to the old fluorescent tubes and the dramatic reduction in power usage is huge. Time will tell on their longevity but M4 products have always been very high quality. Highly recommend this upgrade!!
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Tube lights
Makes it nice and bright!
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36" 12 volt tube light
This was a replacement for a failed bulb. Steve quickly shipped a replaement which is why I like dealing with M4 products. They stand behind the products they sell.
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Worth the $$
We did 6 other fluorescent-to-LED tube upgrades in our coach to work up to this one. I'm happy to say that this upgrade went equally well. We love the lighting in our coach now (very bright) and knowing we won't chew up our battery running them is even better. This was a tricky installation, but the directions from M4 got us through it on the first go! High quality tube.
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36” tube light
Wonderful replacement for the indirect lighting in our Airstream 290 even though the florescent fixture was broken. One wire connected each end and the bulb works perfectly.
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LED lights
Easy install really impressed but a little pricey.
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Excellent product
It's been on my list to finish the fluorescent tubing conversions on my boat, and M4 not only had all of the lengths I needed, but provided excellent instructions for bypassing the ballasts. Everything worked the first time, the brightness and color are excellent, and our amp draw for 8 tubes is about 1/4 what it was before.
