Integrated LED tube T5 is smaller than T8 tube in visual.
A T is equal to 3.175mm. According to the general principles of 1/8 to calculate the inch diameter of lamps, 1 represents 1/8 of an inch, 1 inch is equal to 25.4mm.So the diameter of LED tube T8 is 25.4mm, T5 tube is16mm, and T4 tube is 12.7mm.
In practical use, thin tubes is easily concealed, and flexible. That is why T5, T4 LED tubes are designers’ favorite.
Nowadays, Integrated LED tube T8 is widely used in school, factory, hospital, office, public advertisement and subway station etc. And LED tubeT8 is easy to integrate the built-in power supply.
Now LED tube T5 is hard to drive the power directly inside the tube for its small diameter. It can only Built-in power supply through the integration or adopt the method of external power supply directly. From the demand for replacement or in the complexity of the LED tube T8 is far better than the T5 tube. But in the field of home decoration, LED T5 tube is more popular than LED T8 tube.
At present, the LED fluorescent tube T8 is more popular and regular on the market. As for the integrated LED tube T5, for its small diameter and easy to install, especially in line with the Europeans for aesthetic ideas, will be more popular affected by the market in the future.