LED Light bulbs?

[TYMSMNY]

Originally posted by Kjonus
Looking for painted cap led light bulbs anyone seem them around

as in silver-ish ? You can lightly spray it with a spray paint.

[rage2]

Are you talking about something like this?

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.l...001010089.html

They had 6 or 7 different colors at Home Depot when I was there.

[schocker]

Saw these bulbs at home depot
https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.l...001015361.html
Not dimable but have three different colors, 5000k, 2700k and 2200k. You just flip it off and on to switch modes and it stays on the last mode when turned on. $13 and 9.5 w.

[Kjonus]

Originally posted by rage2
Are you talking about something like this?

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.l...001010089.html

They had 6 or 7 different colors at Home Depot when I was there.

Nope something like this but in an LED

Link

[VWEvo]

Originally posted by rage2
I switched my kitchen fixtures to MR20 narrow floods, 3 in each fixture. Gives off the same amount of light as a single fixture with a high wattage bulb, and I have the ability to aim each bulb for the desired lighting effect. Not cheap going this route but it looks way better being able to control direction of the lights without blinding anyone in the kitchen. I have most of them pointed at my white cabinets with diffuses the light nicely.

I did the same thing in the garage, but pointed at the cars for a showroom look. As for the opener, people say not to use LEDs due to vibration, but I've had no problems with them. If anything, the vibrations killed incandescent bulbs much quicker. Try a couple of different bulbs to figure out what works in the garage opener enclosure, as they all have bulb placement and the plastic light diffusing cover slightly different depending on model.

Which brand of LED did you use? I'm curious to switch my kitchen and main floor pot lights over. I was going to go to Costco today to pick up 30 par 20 led floods, but do appreciate your suggestion if you think there are better options.

[J-hop]

Originally posted by rage2


As for the opener, people say not to use LEDs due to vibration, but I've had no problems with them. If anything, the vibrations killed incandescent bulbs much quicker. Try a couple of different bulbs to figure out what works in the garage opener enclosure, as they all have bulb placement and the plastic light diffusing cover slightly different depending on model.

Funny, I switched to a LED in the opener because vibration problems kept killing the incandescent light bulbs really fast on my opener. LED has already paid for itself by outlasting the incandescent ones by more than 3x.

[Maxt]

Every time I've gone to the wholesalers to buy Led bulbs, they've given me free sample bulbs. My whole house is now LED, I think I've spent 25 buck total on conversion.
Makes up for the exterior LED fixture I picked up and later got billed $300 for.
Our upstairs bathroom had a fixture that took 8 25 watt bulbs, after swapping to LED, its brighter, but also a lot colder in the winter months.

[rage2]

Originally posted by VWEvo
Which brand of LED did you use? I'm curious to switch my kitchen and main floor pot lights over. I was going to go to Costco today to pick up 30 par 20 led floods, but do appreciate your suggestion if you think there are better options.

I started the conversion pretty early on, so I've tried all the brands. Pretty much all of them had a small # of failures, Feit had the worst track record at around 40% failures since the start of the thread, and Philips with 0. Well 1 failed when it was dropped from the roof during renovations but that doesn't really count. Philips bulbs are by far the most reliable LED bulbs out there where I'd say have an actual chance of lasting the 20 year life that they promise.

When Philips started offering more and more of their bright white color temps, that was close enough to my ideal color temp in my more active rooms, plus the light distribution is the closest to typical incandescent bulbs, and as such I've switched almost every bulb in the house to Philips. There are 2 rooms that still warrant a slightly cooler color than the bright whites, where I'm using the remaining of my Feits.

So for reliability sake, Philips is the clear winner, but I would really experiment with their different color temps they offer because that is probably the most important choice when choosing bulbs to get each room in the proper "mood" for the activity. Philips offers depending on bulb time Vintage (2200k), soft white (2700k), bright white (3000k) and daylight (5000k) color temps. Buy a bunch to test, figure out what works, return the ones you don't like.

If you're super anal with color temp, Philips also makes Hue which has bulbs that can be set to any color, and cheaper Hue whites that can be set to any color temperature. The problem with Hue is that it requires always on power, so you're removing traditional switches, wiring them together and replacing it with Hue switches which talks to the hub. It's a stupid setup but we have 1 room (kids) that way because they like playing with room colors.

Philips also makes bulbs where you can choose between 3 color temps but those are a waste of money since each room really just needs 1 optimal color temp, so better off just choosing the right temp for the room.

[heavyD]

Any local places where you can get garage door opener compatible LED bulbs?

[VWEvo]

Where is the best place to buy Phillips?

[rage2]

Originally posted by VWEvo
Where is the best place to buy Phillips?

Home Depot.

[Matty_10]

Crapppy Tire had a sale for $1 each with the SaskPower rebate for their noma A19 led bulbs. Did the whole house in them.


Had some extras so did some ghetto pie tin keyless lamp holders in the garage until I replaced them with these

[ipeefreely]

Originally posted by heavyD
Any local places where you can get garage door opener compatible LED bulbs?

I use a Phillips in mine and it works fine!

Changed all my 100w bulbs to 8w Phillips LED Daylight inside/outside of the garage.

[J-hop]

Originally posted by heavyD
Any local places where you can get garage door opener compatible LED bulbs?

My feit one has been doing fine for about 6 months now

[darthVWader]

The NDP just rolled this out

https://www.efficiencyalberta.ca/

[Boat]

Originally posted by darthVWader
The NDP just rolled this out

https://www.efficiencyalberta.ca/

You’ll save money and conserve energy—immediately. And the products are yours to keep at no charge!
What kinds of products are included?
LED lightbulbs
LED nightlights
Faucet aerators
Low-flow showerheads
Advanced power strips for audio-visual equipment
Smart thermostats
Click here for program details

When will the program launch?
Installations will begin in early April 2017, but you can sign up now to be among the first people in your area to get energy-efficient products at no charge.

thats pretty sweet. Thanks for sending. I signed up.

[Zero102]

Originally posted by J-hop


My feit one has been doing fine for about 6 months now

I hate the Feit bulbs - I changed out about 60 in my house. In the past 14 months I have had over 30 fail. All of them buzz and they seem to be very vulnerable to power dips as they frequently blink off while my other bulbs don't even seem to notice.

Philips all the way, 4-pack at Home Depot for $7.97 right now. I have some of them that are 3 years old and have had zero failures so far. They don't flash off when the power dips and they don't buzz (or if they do they're quiet enough I don't hear them)

[Tik-Tok]

Has anyone tried out the LED T8 fluorescent tube replacements? I see Home Despot has Phillips, and Costco has Luminus.

They also have Daylight and Cool White... I wonder which would be better for retrofitting my garage.

[redmethods]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok
Has anyone tried out the LED T8 fluorescent tube replacements? I see Home Despot has Phillips, and Costco has Luminus.

They also have Daylight and Cool White... I wonder which would be better for retrofitting my garage.

They have almost the same Lumens & life span. Not worth the money for me.

[HiSpec]

Originally posted by redmethods


They have almost the same Lumens & life span. Not worth the money for me.

Good thing I saw this. I was going to change the flourscent tubes in my garage to LED over summer. Not gonna happen if it's same lumens and life span.