Questions You Should Be Asking


Investigating replacing fluorescent tubes with LED lighting?
 
 
Here are the answers to important questions you should be asking.
            1. Who is the actual manufacturer of the tube/lamp?
            2. Who makes the die for the LED? Why does that matter?
            3. Who makes the LED itself?
            4. How is sorting for CCT (Correlated Color Temperature) done?
            5. What data is available on life cycle testing and lumen depreciation?
            6. Will the LEDs actually last for 50,000 hours or more?
            7. What testng information is available from independent laboratories?
            8. Are the LED lamps/tubes UL Listed?
            9. Are they ETL Listed and what does that mean?
            10. What patent research has been done?
            11. Can custom LED products be provided?