No way!! T5 LED bulbs...

[Lil BamBam]

I was researching a few things and came across this.. Who will buy them and report back? Or is this a bad idea?

Orphek Crams T5 Tubes Full of LEDs | AquaNerd

 

[TangPolice]

Those are some Bad A$$ lookin lights

 

[Steve1986]

Pretty cool, but it looks like a fire waiting to happen lol

 

[ColaAddict]

Orphek T5 LEDs have been around for awhile. You have to do some doctoring/rewiring of your T5 fixture to make them work as they don't work with ballasts.


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[SkullV]

Orphek T5 LEDs have been around for awhile. You have to do some doctoring/rewiring of your T5 fixture to make them work as they don't work with ballasts.


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Yeah old news and they suck. Not easy to find anymore because of it. You need to basically wire LED ballasts to the T5 end caps. I guess if you have an 8-12bulb T5 fixture it might be worth it, but at that point you can just stick some 3watters on a piece of C channel, add a meanwell, and call it a day for less $$$.

If they were plug and play it would be an amazing product.