What is Save It Easy™?
Save It Easy™ is a range of innovative Plug-and-Save lighting kits intended as replacement for existing standard fluorescent tube lamps. With Save It Easy™, you will be able to replace your old/current fluorescent tube lights in less than 1 minute, save as much as 55.6% energy costs and provide up to 50% increase in brightness than standard lighting.
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What am I using now?
Chances are very high that you are using 4ft/36W or 2ft/18W standard fluorescent tube lamps with magnetic ballasts. These standard fluorescent tube lamps are known as TL8 and have diameters of 1". You can further confirm this if you are able to locate the capacitor-starter or detect flickering and stroboscopic effect from the lamps.
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What are the features and advantages of Save It Easy™?
Save It Easy™ offers the following unique benefits:
- NO rewiring
- NO downtime
- NO messy, lengthy and disruptive works
- NO flickering
- NO stroboscopic effect
- NO nonsense 1-to-1 exchange warranty
- LONG lamp life
- LOWER power consumption
- International brand-name product with established worldwide distribution network
- Internationally patent protected German technology P-No. 78954 [WO 00/21342]
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How much energy does the standard 4ft/36W or 2ft/18W tube lamps consume?
You may be under the impression that you are only using and paying for the 36W/18W as rated on the tubes. You cannot be more wrong.
Magnetic ballasts used with these fittings consume a lot of energy. In general, a 4ft/36W tube lamp consumes between 48 to 52 watts and a 2ft/18W tube lamp consumes between 25 to 28 watts. This is dependent on the quality of the magnetic ballast that you are using.
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What does the Save It Easy™ set include?
Our Save It Easy™ Inspire T5 user-set consists of the following:
01 x Save It Easy™ Inspire T5 Electronic Ballast
01 x Save It Easy™ Connection Unit
01 x Save It Easy™ Starter
Bundled with:
01 x Branded TL5 High-Efficiency Fluorescent Tube Lamp
(See picture at right)
In addition, all parts can be separately purchased if required.
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What is an Electronic Ballast?
Electronic ballasts are the next generation energy saving ballasts intended as replacement for the magnetic ballast currently commonly used around the world. Electronic ballasts incur very low losses and are more energy efficient when compared to standard magnetic ballasts. Electronic ballasts also eliminates flickering and the TL5 tube lamps will light up your room instantly the moment the power switch is turned on --- just like an incandescent light bulb.
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How much energy will Save It Easy™ save for me?
Save It Easy™ kits will help you save up to 55.6% energy and energy costs as well as increasing the brightness by 50% at the same time.
Please visit our Products page or download our product brochure for more information.
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How easy is it to replace the standard tube lamps with Save It Easy™?
It is extremely simple to replace standard tube lamps with Save It Easy™. You do not need to hire qualified electricians. You can do the replacement yourself in less than a minute.
Simply remove the 4ft/36W (or 2ft/18W, as applicable) tube lamps and the starter from your existing fittings. Plug in the special starter, plug the two adaptors into the two ends of TL5 light tube, and then simply fit the TL5 tube lamp into your light fittings.
In theory, this takes less than 30 seconds but shall we say 1 minute for your first time?
Click here to view installation process
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Can I go back to my old TL8 lamps if I want to?
Of course you can! Simply reverse the process described above --- remove the special starter and TL5 tube lamp, install your old starter and TL8 tube lamp. Switch on the electricity and your TL8 tube lamp will flicker and light up. Again, this takes around 30 seconds. You should not have to use 1 minute this time since you have done it before, haven't you?
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What is the warranty for your products?
All Save It Easy™ products are backed by our no hassle carry-in exchange warranty against manufacturing defects and failure in operation that is extendable by option (charges apply).
We do not provide warranty for third party products, e.g. fluorescent tube lamps.
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Can I purchase items or spare parts separately?
Replacement parts and fluorescent tube lamps of various ratings and colours are available for separate purchase in the event of misplacement or expiry of warranty.
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Do I need to remove the current electromagnetic ballast or do any rewiring before installing Save It Easy™?
There is no need to remove the current normal ballast prior to installing Save It Easy™.
No rewiring is required for Save It Easy™. It's Plug-and-Save. It's that easy.
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Why do my T5 lamps blink after I have installed Save It Easy ™ in my fitting?
Blinking lamps indicate the presence of a capacitor in your circuit.
Please conduct a check to ensure that you have replaced your normal starter with our green Save-It-Easy™ starter.
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Can I use Save It Easy™ on my light fitting with 2 x 18W (T8) lamps connected in series with only one 36W electromagnetic ballast?
Save It Easy™ will replace the current electromagnetic ballast on a 1:1 basis. Thus in this instance, only one of the refitted lamps will be lit.
Click here to see set-up diagram.
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What if I already have compensation capacitors in my T8 fittings?
Compensation capacitors are installed in T8 electromagnetic fluorescent lamp circuits to counteract reactive power to avoid power factor penalties (kVarh) that result in higher bills.
The capacitors only work to reduce phase difference for power factor correction. However, capacitors do NOT increase the efficiency of the fluorescent lamp circuits and hence are not energy saving devices per se.
The only way to improve the efficiency of electromagnetic fluorescent lamp circuits is to have them retrofitted with electronic ballasts.
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Is Save It Easy™ approved for use in Singapore?
Save It Easy™ has been tested and certified by PSB Singapore for safety and performance, amongst others.
Save It Easy™ also complies to the following international standards:
EN61347-1
General Safety Requirements
EN61347-2-3
Lamp Control Gear (Particular requirements for A.C. – Supplied Electronic Ballast for Fluorescent Lamps)
EN60929
Performance Requirements for A.C. – Supplied Electronic Ballasts for Tubular Fluorescent Lamps
EN55015
Limits of Radio Disturbance of Electrical Lighting
EN61547
EMC Immunity Requirements
EN61000-3-2
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) – Limits for Harmonic Current Emissions
EN61000-3-3
Limitation of Voltage Fluctuations and Flicker in Low-voltage Supply
Manufacturing and Operating facilities certified by TUV Rhineland Product Safety
GmbH (TRPS)
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Can I purchase Save It Easy™ from you if I do not live in Singapore?
Please feel free to contact us for any enquiries. We would be happy to refer you to the applicable global offices should your market fall outside of our remit and representation.
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Can I use Save It Easy™ with an internal electronic ballast for even greater savings?
Save It Easy™ will not function in a fluorescent lamp circuit that already has an internal electronic ballast.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any other technical queries.
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The Save It Easy™ advantage
Save It Easy™ is an international brand-name with established worldwide distribution network.
Save It Easy™ is the only T5 retrofitting technology with valid patents that has been successfully defended under Singapore laws.
