LED Fluorescent Replacement Lamps Present a New Danger to the uninformed when they attempt to change them with wrong lamp

Retrofitting existing Fluorescent Light fixtures with energy efficient LED Light Bulbs  is all the rage  right now in office and retail environments it just makes sense  lamps last up-to 10years and use half the energy and are much brighter than conventional fluorescent lamps.

But It comes with a new danger to those who do not pay attention to how these retrofits are done and fail to pay attention to warning labels which are suppose to be put on every fixture that has been retrofitted like the sticker below

The problem is with Direct drive LED Lamps  the ballast in the fixture is bypassed and 120VAC
is applied directly to the LED Lamps and if a conventional Fluorescent light bulb or tube is
put on 120 VAC it can explode sending shards of glass everywhere.This is why the above label must be placed on fixture ,but many times they are not applied

To make matters even more confusing some LED Lamps you do not bypass the ballast  so you can mix conventional fluorescent with LED  not recommended but it can be done. 

So you can see how confusing it is and how someone who is not familiar with the new LED retrofit Lamps could be badly injured. especially unqualifeied handy mean types.

LED retrofitting is defiantly the best way to go but beware .