Forest Lighting UniV8 LEDT8 Tubes With Ballast or Without Ballast

Forest Lighting's UniV8 LED T8

If you read our post on LED Combo Drive technology from a few months back, you know that there are LED T8 Tubes and LED PL lamps that are able to work on the existing ballast as well as without the ballast. So you can install these lamps into fixtures without changing the ballast, and then when the ballast dies off you can wire them direct as these LED lamps have internal drivers allowing them to function as a standalone. This process allows you to use the rest of the ballast’s life up before converting the fixtures to run the LED T8 tubes and LED PLs with no ballast present.

Forest Lighting has put a new twist on the idea with their UniV8 LED T8 Lamps. Previously with LED T8 Combo Drive technology, when the ballast fails, the sockets would have to be changed out to non-shunted sockets. However, Forest Lighting’s UniV8 LED T8 lamps are double-end power and use the same sockets, so one would simply cut out the ballast and the LED T8 lamps would work. This convenience helps limit long-term maintenance costs.

More info and specs below:

  • Wattage: 19W
  • Lumens: 2100
  • Voltage: 100-277V
  • Non-Dimming
  • CRI: 80
  • Beam Angle: 120°
  • Color Temperature: 3500K/4100K/5000K/6000K
  • Construction: Shatterproof Plastic/Aluminum
  • DLC Rated in 3500K/4100K/5000K
  • UL Listed/NSF Rated
  • Rated Life: 50,000 hours
  • Warranty: 5 years

Check out our shop for more information and pictures:

Forest Lighting UniV8 T8U435-19 – Forest Lighting UniV8 T8U441-19 – Forest Lighting UniV8 T8U450-19 – Forest Lighting UniV8 T8U460-19 – Forest Lighting UniV8 T8U435-15 – Forest Lighting UniV8 T8U441-15 – Forest Lighting UniV8 T8U450-15 – Forest Lighting UniV8 T8U460-15

Wiring Diagram for Forest Lighting LED T8

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2 Responses to “Forest Lighting UniV8 LEDT8 Tubes With Ballast or Without Ballast”

  1. guillermo cliffordFebruary 5, 2020 at 2:34 pm #

    hello can you please send me a quote for T8 4FT i need 80 bulbs

    SHATTER PROOF
    NSF APPROVED BULBS
    4000K

    • PremierFebruary 5, 2020 at 2:37 pm #

      Guillermo – thank you for the message. The Forest Lighting UniV8 lamps are no longer available, but we have alternatives we can quote you on. I will email you for more details.

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