Usually. Almost all lighting fixtures can house LED bulbs. To confirm that LED bulbs can be housed in a fluorescent lighting fixture, look for LED bulbs that are “ballast compatible,” this means that they can work with the ballasts that are already installed in your current lighting fixture. Or, you can perform a ballast bypass conversion by using a retrofit kit such as the Magnilumen kit, which can be installed in as quickly as 15 minutes.

Compared to incandescent, halogen, and fluorescent lighting, LED lighting is the best choice. Not only are LED lights going to save energy and money, but they are also brighter. Below are comparisons between standard forms of light and LED light.

T8 Fluorescent Lighting vs. T8 LED Lighting

“T” refers to tubular when referring to fluorescent lighting, and the number that follows is the diameter of the lamp in an eighth of an inch. The most popular size of fluorescent lighting is T8, meaning the tube is eight-eighths of an inch or one inch. Other sizes of fluorescent lighting tubes include T5 and T12; these are most common in older lighting fixtures.

The same measurement applies to LED lighting when it comes to the diameter of the tube; however, T8 LEDs do not produce UV/IR light the way that T8 fluorescent light does. LED T8 lights can be housed in lighting fixtures that accommodate T8 fluorescent bulbs, as their size is the same. The only differences are in the light produced.  LED T8 bulbs convert more electricity into light, acting as a more cost and energy-efficient form of lighting than T8 fluorescent lighting.