5 Tips when buying LED

5 Tips when buying LED

You want to switch to LED, but are not sure what to look for?

In this article, I will give you 5 useful tips to help you choose the right LED lamp.

Read on, the sooner you can start saving!

1 fitting

To start, check the fitting and/or lamp type. This is the most important to determine what type of lamp you need. The E27 - thick swivel fitting - is the most common in the Netherlands. Followed by the E14 - thin swivel socket - often in the shape of a candle lamp. The GU10 fitting (bayonet, 2 pins with balls on it) is the most common in the field of spots. You will often find the G4 lights under the kitchen cupboards.

Is your fitting not in the assortment? Or have you seen a beautiful lamp, but does the fitting not fit? Then I recommend using an adapter/adapter as an aid. This way you can easily transform your current fitting into your desired fitting.

Fluorescent lighting
When replacing fluorescent lighting you only need to pay attention to whether you currently have T8 or T5 fluorescent lighting. T8 fluorescent lighting has a G13 fitting (Ø26mm) and is by far the most common. A newer type of fluorescent tube is the T5 TL. This is thinner (Ø16mm) than the T8.

Both can be replaced by LED, but T8 has a considerably larger range. T5 is itself a fairly economical TL, so when you look at the savings you don't necessarily have to replace it.

2 Light color

The second tip that you should pay attention to is the light color. The light color of the LED is expressed in Kelvin (K). The following applies the higher the number of Kelvin, the colder the color. 2700K is used a lot in the house. You can compare that light color with that of normal halogen lamps. Some people prefer extra warm light, such as 2200K. This warm, almost orange light color resembles candlelight, also referred to as "flame". In the article ' Which light color should I choose? 'you can read more about the different light colors.

3 Lumen (light output)

The light output - expressed in a number of lumens - also determines which LED lighting you need. Do you want the same light output? Then buy a LED lamp with the same number of lumens as you had.

There is one exception to this rule of thumb, namely for LED TL. Traditional TL has more lumen, but because it gives light all around (360⁰), many lumens - that shine upwards - are lost. Led TL has a beam angle of 160⁰ and therefore fewer lumens needed to get the same light output at the workplace. For that reason, the number of lumens of an LED tube cannot be compared with a traditional tube. What can be compared is the amount of lux LED TL gives as much or often even more lux (amount of light on a certain surface) than traditional TL. So you will never go back in terms of light output.

Don't know how many lumens your lamp has? Then check the wattage on the lamp. In the table below you will find the conversion from Watt to the lumen.

4 Dimming ability

A LED lamp is not always standardly dimmable. It must therefore always be explicitly stated in the product name, text or specifications. Otherwise, you can assume that this LED lamp is not dimmable.

Would you like a dimmable LED lamp? Then immediately consult whether this lamp works on a phase-cutting or phase-cutting LED dimmer. Has both dimmers in the range, but all lamps work as standard with the most economical variant: phase switch.

Do you not need a dimmable LED lamp? All LED lamps work with an on / off switch, but it is smart to check whether the same lamp is also available in a non-dimmable version. These are often cheaper to purchase.

5 Installation

If you have taken the above-mentioned tips to heart, please also pay attention to the installation of the LED lamp. In almost all cases you can replace the LED lamps one-on-one, but there is one exception.

The most common fluorescent lighting is 120 cm and 150 cm with starters. We always supply a LED starter with our LED fluorescent lighting. With this, you can always replace the 120 cm and 150 cm led fluorescent lamps with starters one-on-one.

However, the 60 cm fixtures (with starters) and all high-frequency fluorescent lighting (without starters) require a small adjustment in the fixture. This adjustment consists of 1) Place the PHASE and ZERO wire to one side of the socket/fixture (the LED tube should be powered on one side) and 2) Disconnect the ballast (and starter with 60 cm tube with starter). Here you can see a connection diagram of the just explained.

You can read more about this in our article " TL replacement by LED

On the basis of these 5 tips, you can choose the right LED lamp.
If you still have questions or doubts, please call/email us or ask your question in a response below.

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