Are TrueForce SOX retrofits any good?

[HIDLad001]

Has anybody had any experiences with the Philips TrueForce SOX retrofits? Would they be any good to put in my SOX fixtures so I don't have to burn SOX lamps that are getting rarer by the day. Obviously I would keep the original gear still inside the fixture, just bypassed.

[Mrstreetlight]

I have one and it is pretyy good. Not yet tried in a lantern to see how it is.

[sailormoon_01_uk]

Sadly you need a LED Driver for the Philips Trueforce LED-SOX Lamp, see photo attached, which means replacing the existing gear and replaceing it with the LED Driver, if you want to keep the Gear inplace and simply disconnect the ignitor or in the case of the Leak Transformer/Z1616 Ballast and use a SOX-LED lamp, best getting the Magnatek or Venture RE-SOX LED Lamp as these can be simply connected directly to the mains, or simply disconnect the gear and use a Terminal Blocj to connect the mains and lampholder cables together, then if you want to go back to SOX you simply reconnect the ballast. of in case of the Ballast/Ignitor Circiut recconect the ignitor across the lamp.

[HIDLad001]

Sadly you need a LED Driver for the Philips Trueforce LED-SOX Lamp

Well that's unfortunate! They look very good and it would have been nice to use one. The fact that I couldn't directly connect it to 120VAC is a deal breaker for me.