Convert Fluorescent Tube Lights to LED - Easy Ballast Bypass Instructional | Builds by Maz

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In this video I'll show you how you can replace your fluorescent light bulbs with more efficient LED ones. LED lights require much less power, are break resistant, contain no mercury, and provide more color temperature options. There are 2 main types - type A and type B, and this video shows how you can bypass your ballast so you can use either type. It really only takes a few minutes and is probably easier than you think!
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Комментарии : 39

@jonathanc.3872 4 дня назад

Clearest explanation and best video!

@buildsbymaz 4 дня назад

Thank you!

@jonathanc.3872 4 дня назад

We have an 8 ft. fixture with four bulbs snd 2 ballasts. Is the bypass surgery procedure the same, with all the blue and red (power) wires bundled together?

@buildsbymaz 3 дня назад

@@jonathanc.3872 If there are still just 4 total red and blue wires, it should work the same.

@neonpeonu 2 месяца назад

Love how well you explain all the projects you take on. Makes it seem so easy!

@buildsbymaz 2 месяца назад

Glad you enjoy!

@marcse7en 12 дней назад

I'm in the good ol' United 🇬🇧 Kingdom, and I retrofitted my 5 foot kitchen fluorescent, with an LED tube in 2012. I removed the ballast and associated components completely. My tube required live (you call it 'hot') at one end, and neutral at the other. It's worked perfectly for 12 years and counting.

@buildsbymaz 12 дней назад

Great to hear! I hope mine lasts 12 years.

@chinchilakid 13 дней назад

Thank you!! This is exactly what I needed to know and is presented perfectly clearly! 🙏💕

@buildsbymaz 12 дней назад

You are welcome!

@sifat9667 17 дней назад

A lot of the videos are hard to follow cause I have no idea where the heck they are working with all the wires. Great instructions and camera angles here.

@buildsbymaz 17 дней назад

Great to hear, thank you

@rachelgamble8965 2 месяца назад

You made an intimidating process doable. Great instructions!

@Kilonorwaysixbravo Месяц назад

Very nice presentation ! 👍 Great Job!

@buildsbymaz Месяц назад

Thank you!

@MrBhushi14 13 дней назад

Hi love the video..one of the other videos i watched involved connecting the live end ( 1 ea of the blue and red wire) with the black wire and the other wire ( blue and red) to the white wire and discarding the yellow wire. I love your approach but want to know if the other approach is the same. Thanks

@jzxwood 18 дней назад

Thanks brother!! 😎👍

@buildsbymaz 18 дней назад

No problem!

@robinspina9968 9 дней назад

Great vid! Am I mistaken or did the new bulbs you installed look smaller in diameter than the old bulbs??

@buildsbymaz 9 дней назад

I'm not sure actually...they may have been slightly smaller in diameter, but the pins on each end still fit the same

@cg84332 15 дней назад

Hello I pulled the cover on mine and there are two sets of cables coming into the light fixture. Do I need to use one, both, or is there a specific one from the two that I have to use?

@buildsbymaz 15 дней назад

What do you mean by 2 sets? Could you give some more detail on how everything looks?

@cg84332 15 дней назад

@@buildsbymaz I just uploaded a short on my RU-vid channel of my light fixture ru-vid.comfXSbLetcwQg?si=GyGmo34WpngQAceK

@MATDLL 19 дней назад

Just wondering... what would happen to the LED tubes if you don't remove the ballast first? Also, why do these tubes have a "polarity"?

@buildsbymaz 19 дней назад

The light would not work properly or could even be damaged. All LED lights use polarity to keep the current flowing in one direction. Hope this helps.

@FadiSetGo Месяц назад

I mirrored this process but have no power. ?!?! Lights don’t work

@buildsbymaz Месяц назад

A few things to check: 1. Make sure your breaker is turned back on. If that's not the problem, turn it back off and try the next options. 2. Double check all your wire nut connections and make sure nothing is loose or unattached. 3. Make sure the 'Load' side of the LED is on the side with your red/blue wires Hopefully this fixes your issue!

@juliomarroquin6001 Месяц назад

I would’ve taken a sharpie and mark live wire on one side and the neutral on the other side, the next guy wouldn’t know which side is what. Just saying. 👍🏼👍🏼

@buildsbymaz Месяц назад

Good idea, I may go back and do that actually