Replacement LED ceiling light, Translation please!

[Daffy D]

I bought a replacement LED ceiling light. I already removed all the fluorescent fittings ballast and starter and was hoping this LED would be a easy fix with mains wires straight into the new fitting.

 

Unfortunately the new LED light has a 4 pin adapter, like for a fluorescent so not sure if it will work by just two wire connection to the mains.

 

I Found a YouTube clip which shows how to connect my LED but it's in Thai and not very clear.

 

In the video clip the guy seems to say that the LED will work with the ballast and then looks like he disconnects the ballast and connects the LED directly into the LED. Seems to indicate that the Light will work with or without the old fluorescent fittings.

 

What I need to know is can I connect the light straight to the mains or does it need to be wired through the old fluorescent ballast and starter. 

 

The wife got confused with all the "technical" speak so wasn't much help with translation what the guy said in the video clip, so am hoping kind soul could listen to the clip and let me know if I can connect straight to the mains without things going bang!

 

Thank you 

[Andrew Dwyer]

I bought a similar replacement ( from fluorescent to LED ) and the instructions told me to remove only the starter and retain the ballast.

Have changed around 5 and they all work fine.

 Flickering on start up used to drive me nuts !

[BKKBike09]

56 minutes ago, Daffy D said:

In the video clip the guy seems to say that the LED will work with the ballast and then looks like he disconnects the ballast and connects the LED directly into the LED. Seems to indicate that the Light will work with or without the old fluorescent fittings.

 

He says there are two ways to connect. The first is simply to swap the old tube for the new LED one. Plug in the new tube but remove the starter otherwise the light will flicker. 

 

The second way is to disconnect the ballast and wire the new tube direct to the wires that were going to the ballast.

 

First option seems much easier. Plug n play.

 

PS - when I changed old starter/ballast lights for LED I just bought new LED complete sets and got rid of the old ones completely. 

[Daffy D]

32 minutes ago, BKKBike09 said:

The second way is to disconnect the ballast and wire the new tube direct to the wires that were going to the ballast.

Thats what I was hoping for.

 

As said in my original post I had already got rid ballast and starter, so have no choice but wire it direct to the mains.

 

Just a thought, does he say anything about the polarity of the wires, does it matter ?

 

Thanks 

[Dante99]

10 hours ago, Daffy D said:

connects the LED directly into the LED

of course where else would it be connected?

[BKKBike09]

10 hours ago, Daffy D said:

Just a thought, does he say anything about the polarity of the wires, does it matter ?

 

Doesn't say. I don't think it matters for a plug and play LED light. But I'm not an electrician,

[Daffy D]

Update:-

 

The light can be wired direct to the mains, bypassing all the old Fluorescent fittings.

 

And no, polarity doesn't matter