Gx24 4-Pin Base LED Bulb, 12W G24q PL-C Horizontal Recessed Light 26W CFL Lamp Equivalent for Kitchen Light Pendant Lamp Dining Room, Warm White 3000K, 4-Pack (Remove/Bypass The Ballast)

These are great, BUT, if you are replacing CFL bulbs in a light that has a ballast you MUST know how to do it. Most negative reviews on here, from what I can tell, are because people just plugged them into a CFL socket with a ballast. You MUST bypass/remove ballast if you are using these, otherwise you will get the flickering, only comes on for a second, burns out or melts problems. A socket with a ballast initially gives a high voltage charge (i.e. 600v) to start the CFL bulb. These work off a straight voltage from your line (i.e. 110v). These ARE NOT "plug and play" if you are replacing CFLs that have a ballast. The advantage to getting rid of the ballast is this: ballast may be hard to find and/or fit in your fixture, LEDs consumes less energy, cost for 4 of these bulbs is appx. $30 vs. $80 to replace 4 ballasts, longer life expectancy. If you don't know what any of this means or do not have the knowledge to convert your fixtures, don't buy these unless you are going to have an electrician do the work (cost of that may outweigh savings). These are worth it if you know what you are getting into and can perform the transition. The picture with 3 sconces have been converted to these LED bulbs and ballast bypassed. The picture with 2 sconces above TV are still CFL w/ballast. Will convert them when bulbs or ballasts go bad.

Works great dont forget to bypass or remove the ballast!

Awesome bulbs. Removing the fixture’s ballast and was easy. 5 minutes to have much brighter LEDs and no more weird CFL bulbs! Directions in the box were super clear, as well as on the product listing here.

Not compatible with older units and not drop in replacement for fluorescent bulbs

Very bright! Will last way longer then the standard mercury CFL bulbs.

Summary: Ordered these to replace CFL bulbs on my a range hood. Removing the ballast was straight forward, but requires general electrical knowledge. Observations: These are very bright (warm color temperature)! Recommendations: The box has generic installation instructions for SOME ballasts out there. Specifically saying to cut the blue/red, and connect them to the white/black; however, if your ballast has YELLOW wires, that will not work (which is why you need a general understanding of electrical installations). For this case, you'd wire the RED/BLUE together, and then connect the WHITE (or BLACK); then you'd connect the other 120VAC line to the YELLOW. Pros: Fair fit & finish. Cons: Some of the LED chips were not straight, see pics; incomplete wiring instructions (should include both cases for RED/BLUE only, and RED/BLUE/YELLOW ballasts). Conclusion: At $30 for 4 bulbs, rating this 4-stars (quality issues, instructions).

These bulbs fit the standard socket but you NEED to bypass the ballast. That just cuts the electrical bill further and makes it simpler to replace in the future. Just be sure to mark them in some way. It would be nice if they sent stickers to put on that says that the ballast is no longer needed.

fits but the angle is slightly off