Good news: You can absolutely use LED tubes in your existing fixtures! But first you need to understand the different types of LED tubes.

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When you purchase your tubes, they'll come with an installation instruction sheet with diagrams, but the basic gist of upgrading a fluorescent fixture to run LED tubes is this:

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Your fluorescent fixtures have one of three kinds of ballasts: magnetic (inductive), electronic, or instant start. Most ballast compatible LED tubes work with one or two of these but not all. To make sure a tube will work with your fixtures, look for the manufacturer's ballast compatibility list and make sure the fixture you have is listed there. (If there isn't a ballast compatibility list...look for another tube.)

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Of course you can opt to replace your fluorescent fixtures entirely. Maybe the housing is old and looks it, or maybe you're thinking of upgrading to high-lumen LEDs and won't need to use as many tubes as you've been using. Replacing a fixture can actually be easier than removing a ballast: you just disconnect the old fixture and connect the new one to the same wires.

These retrofit tubes, also known as Type B, work with all linear fluorescent fixtures, regardless of ballast type, as well as LED-ready ballast-free fixtures. There's no risk of getting the wrong LED tube for your fixture when you go with a ballast compatible tube.

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You have fluorescent troffers or strip fixtures already, and you're wondering if you can just pop LED tubes in them or if you'll need to change out the fixtures for something designed for LED.

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Also known as Type A or "plug and play," these are LED tubes you can literally pop into your existing fixture and you're good to go. Well, maybe.

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This is because, when you install these tubes, you'll first remove or "bypass" the fixture's ballast, so that the building's power goes directly to the lamp sockets, instead of through the ballast. You're removing the middle man!

There are two basic types on the market right now: "ballast compatible" LED tubes and "ballast bypass" LED fluorescent replacements. Let's take a quick look at both.

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