Dirt cheap florescent replacement tubes at lowes

oil pan 4 · 01-04-18, 01:44 PM

Looks like they are cleaning house at lowes.
I went back to buy a spare T8 led hybrid and they were gone from their spot.
Along with a bunch of other stuff.
Found the T8 hybrid leds in a clearance pile in the middle of the store.
I also needed some high output 54w T5 and a standard 28w T5.
I found the old 28w T5 tubes on clearance for $3.50, along with a bunch of T8, T12, T8/T12 stuff, some LED replacement.

So if you have some weak or burned out florescent tubes, now is the time to get them going.

oil pan 4 · 01-05-18, 07:50 PM

That 1 single 28w T5 I replaced has shown me how dull my other T5 tunes have gotten and they are only a few years old.
The GE 28 watt tube rated for 30,000 hours is $10, the utilitech is rated for 3,000 is $3.50.
I'm going to get more of the cheap clearance ones, since they do get broken on accident from time to time.
Other wise I would buy the good ones.

oil pan 4 · 03-09-18, 08:23 AM

I tried my old T8 tube in a new commercial industrial ballast.
The 34 watt tubed are only allowing 25 or 26 watts of power through per tube, so they look pretty dull.

Elcam84 · 06-10-18, 09:15 AM

The stores here are finally clearancing their bulbs. They had the big boxes of t8 LEDs for $2 a tube for the 6500k. Not bad but they are replacement ones and Im only using direct wire bulbs as I don't want the hassle and extra power waste of still needing a ballast.

01-04-18, 01:44 PM	#1
oil pan 4 Land owner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NM Posts: 1,026 Thanks: 12 Thanked 127 Times in 107 Posts	Dirt cheap florescent replacement tubes at lowes Looks like they are cleaning house at lowes. I went back to buy a spare T8 led hybrid and they were gone from their spot. Along with a bunch of other stuff. Found the T8 hybrid leds in a clearance pile in the middle of the store. I also needed some high output 54w T5 and a standard 28w T5. I found the old 28w T5 tubes on clearance for $3.50, along with a bunch of T8, T12, T8/T12 stuff, some LED replacement. So if you have some weak or burned out florescent tubes, now is the time to get them going.

01-05-18, 07:50 PM	#2
oil pan 4 Land owner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NM Posts: 1,026 Thanks: 12 Thanked 127 Times in 107 Posts	That 1 single 28w T5 I replaced has shown me how dull my other T5 tunes have gotten and they are only a few years old. The GE 28 watt tube rated for 30,000 hours is $10, the utilitech is rated for 3,000 is $3.50. I'm going to get more of the cheap clearance ones, since they do get broken on accident from time to time. Other wise I would buy the good ones.

03-09-18, 08:23 AM	#3
oil pan 4 Land owner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NM Posts: 1,026 Thanks: 12 Thanked 127 Times in 107 Posts	I tried my old T8 tube in a new commercial industrial ballast. The 34 watt tubed are only allowing 25 or 26 watts of power through per tube, so they look pretty dull.

06-10-18, 09:15 AM	#4
Elcam84 Apprentice EcoRenovator Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: TX Posts: 275 Thanks: 2 Thanked 31 Times in 24 Posts	The stores here are finally clearancing their bulbs. They had the big boxes of t8 LEDs for $2 a tube for the 6500k. Not bad but they are replacement ones and Im only using direct wire bulbs as I don't want the hassle and extra power waste of still needing a ballast.