Drop light LED bulb

For droplights I've gone to the rechargables from places like Tractor supply or the parts stores.Seems like there is always at least one place with a pile of them near the counter on special.The garage insurance company prohibited incandesent droplights for a lot of us over 20 years ago.I am in the process of changing everything I own over to LED's.I just did my garage.I had 24 40 watt tube,and 12 ballast's.I now have 24 15 watt LED tubes,and no ballast's.And,they are MUCH brighter.I am buying them now from Batteries Plus for $9.each.
 
I just bought som 96" led replacement tube for my shop lights. I got them at E Led Lights. You have to remove the ballasts and run the 110 v from end to end. Not cheap but really bright. Single button tubes with HO specs:
Ultra High Lumen 8ft Tube


  • • 65% BRIGHTER than Regular 8ft!
  • • 44W / 6600 lumens
  • • Replaces 86W T8 or 110W T12
 
L.E.D Drop Lights that screw into your original drop light are sold at LOWES.. I have 3 different drop lights in my garage and they are all LED's. I love mine and they don't blow out if you happen to drop one...very bright also!!
 
I got some LED fluorescent tube replacements at Costco. They fit right in my existing fixtures. This was after I replaced 4 of my light fixtures in my garage with LED fixtures. Oh, well, but I put one of the old units over my work bench and then retrofitted the new tubes in the old fixture. The technology is advancing all the time.
 
"What's a drop light?" I'm going to add a description of what a drop light is... A utility or work light usually used to work on vehicles that takes a standard screw in light bulbs that has a shield on one side which gets hot and burns you when touched and a wire opening on the other side that allows light to shine through, with a handle below the bulb. By the use of a wire hook on the bulb end it is attached to any available part of the vehicle being worked on and has the ability to become dis-lodged from said vehicle and drop to the floor shattering the bulb within, usually right after you have placed a new bulb within the fixture, or when you have GAS ON THE FLOOR... and that is why it is called a "Drop Light"

been there done that many many times over the last 60 years or so
 
Well.....thank you all very much for the education.

I now have LED bulbs in my drop / trouble lights, and I say thank you again.

I also have 4 foot LED tubes for my fluorescent light, which was very dim when it gets cold. Re wiring a light fixture, with very sharp edges was a bit of a challenge. The light output is amazing. I do admit, the fluorescent tubes were dirty, as well as the reflector.

Again, thank you for the education.

Thank You;
 
On the 4 foot tubes,make sure you get the bypass ones.I know some people like plug and play,and they are cheaper,but they keep that energy sucking ballast in play.On my fixtures the paint was blistered all around the ballast's.When new they supposedly don't use much juice,but after a few years they are too hot to put your hand on after they have been on for a while.I just can't buy that they are drawing .77 amps when the ballast is as hot as a coffee warmer.Like Brian says,the worst part of wiring them are the sharp edges.All you need to do is run the 110 to one end of the new tubes.The new tubes are marked line and neutral,on the pins,but I found the ones I bought are not polarity sensitive.I did wire them uniformly though.AC or DC juice running through diodes are two different things.
 
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