{"id":397,"date":"2011-10-09T09:26:26","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T09:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/?p=397"},"modified":"2019-07-30T14:37:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T13:37:00","slug":"the-2d-compact-and-2-pin-4-pin-technical-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/the-2d-compact-and-2-pin-4-pin-technical-information\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2D Compact and 2 Pin 4 Pin technical information"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2D Compact Uses and Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n

The standard fluorescent tube and the compact version the CFL has now matured into a very usable lighting product. Going back to the 90’s they were around and did save energy but did have their technical problems. One of the main issues with the fluorescent tube<\/strong> was the flicker and the dependency on good electronic integration with the starter. There were certainly many tubes that used to just flicker the whole time, become a nuisance and just end up being turned off. These days the technology has advanced considerably and often have integral starters especially in the CFL types which make far easier electrical installations as no external starter of high frequency control gear is needed.<\/p>\n

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The 2D compact version of the CFL ( compact fluorescent lamp) is also extremely popular these days.\u00a0 The main uses of the 2D compact are within commercial applications where is is necessary to have a bright but compact lamp that will fit into a light fitting which can either be ceiling or wall mounted. As a consequence there are a whole range of different 2D compact lamp fittings<\/a> available on the market which are used extensively in car parks, warehouses, corridors in flats, hotel areas not exposed to customers, retail outlets, office buildings\u00a0 and the list goes on.\u00a0 As these lamps are energy efficient saving around 80% in electricity compared to standard incandescent light bulbs<\/strong> then they have really taken over as the standard for this classification of installations. Quite often these lamps are connected to PIR units so they just light on demand when somebody passes the senses which makes them ideal for corridors areas which are not continually used and it would not be economical to leave the lights on the whole time!<\/p>\n

Type of 2D Compacts and 2Pin \/ 4 Pin explained<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2D compacts come in 3 main sizes, the 16w, 28w and 38w lamps. The 16w is a small units around 135mm square\u00a0 and the 28w and 38w are larger measuring about 200mm square. This means than the light output is very good for the size of lamp with the 38W typically producing 2900 lumens which means where space is a premium and there is no room for fluorescent tubes the 2D compact is an ideal solution.<\/p>\n

The lamps come with 2 types of cap fitting either the 2 pin 2D compact<\/b><\/a> or the 4 pin 2D compact<\/b><\/a>. The 2 pin has its own built in starter and the 4 pin lamp is configured to use with external electronic control gear either of the standard or high frequency type.<\/p>\n

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\"2D<\/td>\nGR8:<\/strong> This is a 2 pin fitting generally used on 2D LEDs and CFLs<\/p>\n
\"2D<\/td>\nGR10q:<\/strong> This is a 4 pin fitting generally used on 2D LEDs and CFLs<\/p>\n
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Main Drawbacks of the Fluorescent 2D Compact<\/a> and the advantages of the LED 2D Compact<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The 2D compact has 3 main drawbacks. Firstly if it is used with PIR units the constant switching on and of will shorten the lifespan of the lamps,\u00a0 secondly if they are left on for long periods they do use a significant amount of electricity and thirdly the lifespan is only typically 10000 hours. This is where the 2D LED comes into play, The 2D LED<\/b><\/a> is far more efficient and only uses around 50% of the\u00a0 electricity of the CFL 2D compact and the additionally the LED technology is far more suited to rapid switching and you will not see a reduction in life. Finally the typical life is around 35000 hours which is 4 years of continuous use as opposed to just over 1 year for the fluorescent 2D compact. However, the 2D LED is considerably higher investment so it is worth doing a cost analysis.<\/p>\n

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The 2D Compact Uses and Applications The standard fluorescent tube and the compact version the CFL has now matured into a very usable lighting product. Going back to the 90’s they were around and did save energy but did have their technical problems. One of the main issues with the fluorescent tube was the flicker … Continue reading The 2D Compact and 2 Pin 4 Pin technical information<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-light-bulb-general-information"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1516,"href":"https:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions\/1516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saving-light-bulbs.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}