SATCO Lighting S11960 10.5W T8 LED, 4Ft, 3000K, Medium Bi Pin Base, 50000 Avg Rated Hours, 1700 Lumens, Type B, Ballast Bypass

No. The S11960 is a Type B ballast bypass lamp, so the fluorescent ballast has to be removed or bypassed and line voltage run directly to the sockets. It accepts single ended or double ended wiring, which gives you flexibility on how the sockets get fed. If you want a tube that runs on the existing ballast with no fixture work, you need a Type A plug-and-play lamp instead.

It runs on any line voltage from 120V through 277V at 50/60Hz, with a current draw of 0.088A down to 0.038A across that range. That covers both standard 120V residential and commercial panels and 277V commercial lighting circuits, so the same lamp works across a mixed building.

No, it will not match. The S11960 is a fixed 3000K warm white with a CRI of 82, and it is not CCT selectable. Next to a 4100K cool white tube the difference is obvious in the same room. If you're standardizing a building, order 3000K throughout or pick the matching color temperature version for those areas.

1700 lumens from 10.5 watts, rated equivalent to a 50W incandescent, spread over a 210 degree beam angle so it washes the fixture rather than spotting. That is a plain drop in connected load versus a 32W fluorescent T8 on a ballast, which is where the energy savings on a retrofit come from.

It carries a damp location rating and is listed for indoor or outdoor use, so covered exterior areas like soffits, breezeways, and parking decks are fine as long as the lamp isn't exposed to direct water or weather. For wet locations you need a lamp and fixture rated wet, not damp.

Burning position is universal, so the lamp can be run horizontal, vertical, or at any angle without affecting rated life. Rated life is 50,000 average hours.

Both the lens and base material are glass, with a gloss white lens finish and a white housing. Glass gives a clean diffused look, but in areas where breakage is a concern (food prep, gymnasiums, corrections, child care) a shatter-resistant coated or plastic-bodied tube is usually specified instead.

No. It is not a three-way lamp, and as a ballast bypass T8 it is intended for straight line-voltage switching. Put it on standard switched circuits or occupancy sensors rather than phase-cut dimmers.

Yes. The S11960 is marked lawful for sale, so it clears California's lamp regulations for distribution and installation there.