When I picked up the Pro-Am this weekend I managed to get an older 9' diamond light for a good deal. It's a florescent model and I've seen posts about plug and play LED bulbs that can be used, but most are pretty old and broken links or crazy expensive like $150+ per bulb.
Does anyone have a link to a bulb that just works? I'd prefer plug and play but I can bypass the ballasts if that's the way to go.
I used the Diamond recommended LEDs and they had a distinct hum/buzz to them so I returned them. As well, they were rated under 2000 lumens each.
As someone else said, make sure you use frosted bulbs and 5000K.
I used these for two years:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CQ2ZKZO
No hum, 2200 lumens apiece. However, half of them had a delayed turn on (when I flicked the switch half would turn on and the other half took a second.) They were also still slightly dimmer than I wanted, even though I believe the 2200 lumen claim. Mostly it was a little dimmer than I wanted at the very ends of the table against the short rails, but I suspect that's just due to the light design then anything with the bulbs. I think they're perfectly fine, overall, and at $60 total for a package of 10 it's a great deal.
These are the ones I currently use:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BF79M6WP
For under $100, total, you get 20 bulbs at 3000 lumens each. They shouldn't go bad, but in 10 years when they've perhaps dimmed 10-20% you can replace the whole batch....and still have four leftover in case there's a bad one. No hum, no delayed turn on, as bright as you need, even at the very ends of the table.
Good luck!
