LED Light bulbs?

[rage2]

Originally posted by 88CRX
Do I have any options in LED for a ceiling fan that is dimmable?

Wouldn't your ceiling fan use standard bulbs? Just pop in whatever one that's dimmable.

[Mitsu3000gt]

I have quite a few of the Costco 60W equivalent LEDs, and my family has a TON of the BR30 and PAR 20 Costco LED's, no failures yet. Seem to be pretty decent for the price.

I also tried some of these in my pot lights and they are shit:

http://www.amazon.ca/10-Pack-Origina...words=MR16+led

Bought 5, 3 of them buzz and flicker terribly, switched back to my halogens. They are MR-16 bulbs which seem to be few and far between in LED.

[Kaos]

Originally posted by 88CRX
Do I have any options in LED for a ceiling fan that is dimmable?

Tons of options for dimmable LED. I think the ones from Costco are dimmable.

[jwslam]

Went crazy changing to these this morning. They're stocked right as you walk in; still price labeled wrong as of 8pm yesterday. Temperature is warmer than I expected. The bases also heat up a fair bit so maybe I'll be expecting failure but who knows? Put two onto my garage door opener woot!

http://www.renodepot.com/en/95-w-a19-led-bulb-15735004


Also raked in on these. I like the temperature much more. Probably in the 3000-4000 range.
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00G...ilpage_o00_s00


Had these arrive yesterday and they light up my garage very well (15W ones bought but probably glow like 60 equivalent)
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Lampa...427059256.html

[rage2]

I find that I shop for color temperature more than anything when shopping LED lights. So much so that I upgraded my kitchen and garage to PAR20 fixtures a couple of years ago because the Philips PAR20 LED has the best color temperature for those areas. Now it looks like a showroom, although buh_buh thinks it looks like a museum.

[Mibz]

I can't replace half the bulbs in my house because they don't make ~4300K LEDs for most fixtures. Cold/Daylight suits my house, anything "warm" looks way too yellow.

[speedog]

Originally posted by rage2
I find that I shop for color temperature more than anything when shopping LED lights. So much so that I upgraded my kitchen and garage to PAR20 fixtures a couple of years ago because the Philips PAR20 LED has the best color temperature for those areas. Now it looks like a showroom, although buh_buh thinks it looks like a museum.

What temperature are you running in your kitchen, our house has mostly 2700's with a few of the new GE Bright Stiks which come in at 2850 and are considerably whiter. My one son has 5000's in his bedroom and that is like an operating room, don't get it but he likes it. The Bright Stiks are in our garage, the laundry room and in parts of the basement, the rest of our indoor LED's are 2700's..

[speedog]

Originally posted by Mibz
I can't replace half the bulbs in my house because they don't make ~4300K LEDs for most fixtures. Cold/Daylight suits my house, anything "warm" looks way too yellow.

Go to a Home Depot and get the Cree 9W 5000K one's my son has in his bedroom, ridiculously white - link.

[rage2]

Originally posted by speedog
What temperature are you running in your kitchen, our house has mostly 2700's with a few of the new GE Bright Stiks which come in at 2850 and are considerably whiter.

I haven't measured it, but my guess is probably around 3000K. It's marketed as Philips Soft White, and supposedly 2700K, but it's definitely cooler than their other soft white bulbs.

I find the manufacturer temperature rating to be way off when comparing bulbs side by side. Thank god for return policies.

[speedog]

Yours point about color temperatures claims, I can look at a variety of our 2700 CFL's and see quite a difference. Even the GE Bright Stik that's rated 2850 seems way whiter than the nearby 2700 LED's in our laundry room.

[Mibz]

Originally posted by speedog

Go to a Home Depot and get the Cree 9W 5000K one's my son has in his bedroom, ridiculously white - link.

Right, all the regular fixtures have LEDs in them, it's the GEwhatever and others that don't.

[riced]

Originally posted by jwslam
Went crazy changing to these this morning. They're stocked right as you walk in; still price labeled wrong as of 8pm yesterday. Temperature is warmer than I expected. The bases also heat up a fair bit so maybe I'll be expecting failure but who knows? Put two onto my garage door opener woot!

http://www.renodepot.com/en/95-w-a19-led-bulb-15735004

When you say 'warmer than I expected' - are they REALLY yellow? Or were you looking for it to be more on the white side?
I know it's subjective, but I just replaced a bunch with GE 5000k's and they are almost too white lol.

Any pics?

[jwslam]

Originally posted by riced
When you say 'warmer than I expected' - are they REALLY yellow? Or were you looking for it to be more on the white side?
I know it's subjective, but I just replaced a bunch with GE 5000k's and they are almost too white lol.

Any pics?

They're fairly yellow, advertised as "soft white". I was expecting 3000k-ish, but they're probably very close to 2700. I'd prefer 5000 but those aren't on sale. Let me know if you're replacing and selling yours!
All of mine are in closed fixtures so I don't think pix would do justice.

[riced]

Originally posted by jwslam

They're fairly yellow, advertised as "soft white". I was expecting 3000k-ish, but they're probably very close to 2700. I'd prefer 5000 but those aren't on sale. Let me know if you're replacing and selling yours!
All of mine are in closed fixtures so I don't think pix would do justice.

Damn, I was going to go pick up a bunch after work today... $7.99 for two bulbs is a steal. I am starting to get sick of the 'operating room white' lol.

Thanks!

[Thaco]

Originally posted by riced


Damn, I was going to go pick up a bunch after work today... $7.99 for two bulbs is a steal. I am starting to get sick of the 'operating room white' lol.

Thanks!

ikea has (had?) a 2 pack of "2700" 60w equivs for $7

i bought about 20 packs to redo my house, only 1 DOA

i am not super picky about colour so i dont know what you'll think of them.

[riced]

Originally posted by Thaco
ikea has (had?) a 2 pack of "2700" 60w equivs for $7

i bought about 20 packs to redo my house, only 1 DOA

i am not super picky about colour so i dont know what you'll think of them.

Thanks! I ended up grabbing a bunch of the Uberhaus ones from Reno Depot and they are truly 2700k versus the 3000k's that I've seen.

They are a bit easier on the eyes. I'm OK with them for now, but who knows - maybe I'll end up changing them when I get tired of the yellow again lol.

[jwslam]

Originally posted by riced
Thanks! I ended up grabbing a bunch of the Uberhaus ones from Reno Depot and they are truly 2700k versus the 3000k's that I've seen.

So you have some 5000's to sell me?

[riced]

Originally posted by jwslam

So you have some 5000's to sell me?

Unfortunately not Sorry man!

I returned them all to recoup my money back for all the other bulbs I got lol.

[Cos]

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[suntan]

Graphene lights coming up any time now...

http://cleantechnica.com/2015/07/05/...k-market-soon/