Thread: Residential LED lighting

Ihad 45 watt LED lights installed in the garage. They are great for working on the car or HVLP spraying.

Originally Posted by Brenngun

I did the same about 3 months ago. The new flat shaped Philips bulb did it for me. Fits all normal fictures. I also picked the daylight version.

Then you are all set if you can find new lighting that will give you that 5000K colour temperature. Sure some interesting designs to pick from. Good luck with it.

Bob

Originally Posted by Brenngun

Unfortunately I need the light on the second level down from the roof.

Zut alors!!!

Forget I said anything. Carry on.

A few months ago the SWMBO comes home with something like this:

6 Inch - 9.7 Watt - 65 Watt Replacement - Dimmable LED Downlight Retrofit Module - E26 Medium Base - Damp Location - American Lighting

We have a lot of 6" Can lights in the house and the bulbs are a pain and the lighting was "meh".
So I install the sample..
I was still on the ladder, looking at the results and said: "go and get XX more"
In a few hours I changed every 4" and 6" Can fixture in the house, even the ones in the shower.

But until your post I had not seen a solution for the square fixtures.
They don't stock them at my local Home Depot, but I ordered 8 of the 1x1 fixtures and should have a report in a couple of weeks.

Thanks for the post...

SWMBO was very happy... and I made sure to point out that this came out of the Straight Razor Place site...not some home remodel cable show...

MJC, Glad I could help. Let me know how you make out. The pot retro fit product you listed above. Can you tell me how you have found the spread of the light coming out. I have found with some other types when I swap out the halogens for LED's they have a very narrow beam so the light coverage leaves dark areas.

Originally Posted by ;1373039

MJC, Glad I could help. Let me know how you make out. The pot retro fit product you listed above. Can you tell me how you have found the spread of the light coming out. I have found with some other types when I swap out the halogens for LED's they have a very narrow beam so the light coverage leaves dark areas.

This seems to be a much better result that changing to and LED Lamp (my Electrical Contractor hates it when you call it a "Bulb" and not a "Lamp" - and don't forget its a receptacle not a plug (on the wall))

Since the LED is part of the trim ring you get the full effect. Before the change our Kitchen had shadows and spots with little light. After the change it is like a Jewelry store as far as lighting level goes.
This is the kit we used: https://www.sylvania.com/en-us/produ...Pages/rt6.aspx
Ceiling height is 3m/9'-6"
We did have to do a better job of cleaning..
I'm now looking for an under-counter solution....

Cool idea. I certainly hope LED comes down in price. I'm very irritated that incandescent bulbs have been more or less outlawed in the U.S. apparently as a measure of conservation being replaced largely be fluorescent. My HUGE issue with fluorescent is simply this: If I break an incandescent bulb, other than possibly cutting my finger from cleaning up the glass I don't know of any other health risks. If I break a fluorescent bulb I have mercury vapor/mercury in my home and in my body. What's up with that?

ChrisL

LED's cost a small fortune when comparing them to an incandescent, so are you really saving anything? I mean if my meter starts going backwards I think they may be worth it other wise I just like them in my flashlights

Originally Posted by Trimmy72

LED's cost a small fortune when comparing them to an incandescent, so are you really saving anything? I mean if my meter starts going backwards I think they may be worth it other wise I just like them in my flashlights

I don't know how your utilities bill you but it seems here that saving energy past a certain point will gain you nothing. I mean it seems like there is a minimum monthly charge so if you reduce usage below that you gain nothing and the utility gains by not having to build more capacity and profits go up. Yea, and as a bonus the cost to do this is pretty steep to the user.

Bob

Originally Posted by RezDog

LED lighting is a large growth industry right now, and so it should be. The biggest issue I see is much of it is very expensive. The last few jobs i did before i quit renovating had LED lighting. There are a lot of color differences out there. I suggest that if it is at all possible to go look at them in action in a large lighting store.

True shaun, but not just colour variation, also spread, sometimes cheaper fittings use a narrower beam angle to make them seem brighter, but you end up with pools of light.
Ideally you want to take a fitting home, attach a flylead, plug it in and hold it up wher you think you want it to see the real effect in your house. it is much less painful buying one light that it turns out you dont want than fitting 20 or more only to discover that you dont like them and you have to relace them and patch up a load of holes in your ceiling.