Hi, looking for help on installing LED overhead panels, I'm replacing florescent tubes and their housings

[Shellback Squid]

The florescent tubes panels have external metal conduit to a junction box, bow mounted externally to the ceiling and have a collar that mounts in the FL housings, nothing I see will allow me to attach a similar connection due to the LED's which have a very small profile and not a port to accept a collar. any ideas?

[Mosby]

1. Maybe you need a direct ceiling mount kit.

Or some kind of surface mounting kit.

[LuckyCharms]

2. What I would do is either terminate the conduit with a plug-in outlet in an externally mounted

box, or replace each FL light fixture with an electrical outlet, leaving the entire conduit run intact, only now with electrical outlets instead of FL fixtures.

You can then buy self-enclosed LED fixtures that are very thin like you describe, that essentially "plug-in" to each other...male plug to female outlet in the end of the LED fixture. You can string them together this way, or, if you install enough outlets to replace the FL fixtures, you can just plug into those outlets without stringing the new LED fixtures together.

I did this in my garage with 4 ft. LED fixtures that have long bulbs, similar to FL.

They work great.

[Shellback Squid]

3. I knew I'd get good advice here, thanks!

[LuckyCharms]

4. This is an example:

These things are linkable, and they come in a million different styles, brightness, color temperatures, etc. This is just one example, and you can see how they link by plugging them into each other, or you can plug each one directly into an outlet, if you have enough outlets. Mine are fastened directly to the ceiling, with no hanging chain.

Also, mine don't have a pull chain. They are switched on and off from a wall switch.

https://www.amazon.com/Linkable-garages-Daylight-Ceiling-Worklight/dp/B09QPNS93C/ref=sr_1_59?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nOOKfy-wxt-Y-xXGuApaz3MYKBdKtRo5Bs0DrIimfUR4kJKNJuVNwjdbB-414am_CJRUr8jB3iph6RIrOEfKz3AncWaWkeB5_zkYNyWKvCN2vtB7eTK0Mk7w_nXoFwDl9ubTz2YYR9LxM7X8SdPb_00UycinqJaI-fmDhunxQ-BNoXakmcFud8NV5d3cxexUzurowxrUrWtG5A5J8gVtyaLsrrxbDKS5bBhkEiXnP92TwvvDyJ3rzo3stacQknDGlclKWa-WhDGtKxwH7fnWv0MTVLJ5Jljc6iE528SrEc8.1pWty92TLQdd2SGwN3sGCYXjuShlm1VvIhrwfQH1yfE&dib_tag=se&keywords=plug+in+ceiling+lights&qid=1750535016&sr=8-59

[Shellback Squid]

5. These are the ones I purchased from Costco

https://www.costco.com/artika-sunray-1%27x4%27-flat-panel-led-light%2C-2-pack-.product.4000209108.html