From the moment LEDs looked powerful enough to be used for commercial lighting, the race has been on to develop LED ‘tubes’ to upgrade the massive installed base of aging T8 fluorescents. Many LED tubes have come on the market and most have failed to come close to competing with the performance, energy efficiency and low cost of linear fluorescent lighting. Many have been unsafe or non-compliant.
A New Zealand lighting company, Business Lighting Solutions (BLS), says it has solved the safety and technical challenges posed by retrofitting LEDs into fluorescent fittings and now offers a range of safe, reliable and high performing LED tubes designed for contractors to replace T8 fluorescent lamps.