SATCO Lighting S49949 8W, 2 Foot LED T8, Medium Bi Pin Base, 5000K, 50000 Avg Rated Hours, 1250 Lumens, Type A, Ballast dependent

No, and in fact you can't. The S49949 is a Type A lamp, which means it runs off the existing fluorescent ballast in the fixture. Ballast required. If your ballast has failed or you want to rewire to line voltage, this is the wrong lamp, you need a Type B direct-wire tube instead.

5000K is a cool, daylight-white tone, no yellow cast, and it is the usual choice for shops, warehouses, back-of-house and parking structures. Output is 1250 lumens at 8 watts with a CRI of 82. The color temperature is fixed, not selectable, so if you are relamping a building where other tubes are 3500K or 4000K, this lamp will read visibly bluer alongside them.

The lamp is rated 120V to 277V at 50/60Hz, so it covers both 120V tenant spaces and 277V commercial circuits. Current draw runs 0.067-0.029A depending on input voltage.

It carries a damp location rating and is listed for indoor use, so covered exterior soffits, garages and unheated indoor areas are fine as long as the fixture itself is rated for the location. Do not use it anywhere subject to direct water, that calls for a wet location lamp and enclosure.

The lamp itself is listed as dimmable, but because it is a ballast-dependent Type A lamp, dimming is controlled by the fluorescent ballast in the fixture, not by the lamp. You need a dimming ballast already installed and compatible controls. On a standard instant-start or rapid-start non-dimming ballast, it will run at full output only.

Burning position is universal, so the 8W T8 can run horizontal, vertical, base-up or base-down without affecting rated life. The 210 degree beam spread means light distribution is wide rather than directional, so it fills a diffuser or wraparound lens the way the fluorescent it replaces did.

Average rated life is 50,000 hours. On a 12 hour daily schedule that is roughly 11 years of service, which is the main maintenance argument for relamping a building with these. Keep in mind the fluorescent ballast remains in the circuit on a Type A lamp, so the ballast is still the component likely to fail first.

Construction is glass, with a gloss white glass lens and a white housing. Each lamp weighs 0.22 lb. Glass tubes handle heat well and look like the fluorescent they replace, but they are breakable, so in gyms, kitchens or anywhere needing shatter containment you want a coated or plastic-bodied tube instead.

At 8 watts it stands in for a 2 foot fluorescent tube while putting out 1250 lumens, and Satco rates it against a 110W incandescent for equivalent output. The practical point for a property manager is the connected load per lamp drops to 8 watts without changing the fixture or the sockets.

Order Satco part number S49949. It is a single configuration, 8W 2 foot LED T8, medium bi pin, 5000K, gloss white finish. No handing, no length options, no color temperature choice to specify.