Advantages of Having Your Electrician Convert Your Existing Fluorescent Light Fixtures to LED

If your current fluorescent light fixtures are in good condition, there are several advantages for your electrician to just convert the existing light fixtures to LED, instead of replacing them with new fixtures.

• Upfront cost benefits

  As the electrician retains the existing light fixtures, the total material cost includes LED lamps and some incidental wire nuts, with a labor cost for bypassing the existing ballast.

• No need for your electrician to obtain building permits

  As the work performed by the electrician involves replacing the existing lamp and bypassing the ballast, this scope of electrical work is comparable to that of a maintenance electrician replacing the existing fluorescent lamp or ballast.

• No need for your electrician to rework the existing building wiring.

  As the light fixtures are not being removed, there is no need for your electrician to rework existing electrical wiring to accommodate the new LED light fixtures.

• No need for your electrician to rework seismic supports.

  As the light fixtures are never removed, there is no need for the electrician to rework the seismic supports to accommodate new light fixtures.

• Easier future maintenance by your service electrician

  With the LED driver built into the lamp itself, if the lamp or the driver should fail in the future, the fix is as simple as replacing the lamp. There is no need for the electrician to open the wiring compartment and replace the LED driver.