LED lighting ???
Going to buy a LED fixture for under cabinet lighting...About how brite may it be??
It?s a 20 inch length with these numbers .Will it be as brite as the 15 watt fluorescent that used to be there ?? CL05W-5C-A
It?s a 20 inch length with these numbers .Will it be as brite as the 15 watt fluorescent that used to be there ?? CL05W-5C-A
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we went all LED the double 4' flouro in the shop and kitchen and some stick up battery LED in under places...like the sun coming up 0 -
LED will almost certainly be brighter than fluorescent. 0 -
What's the output rating in lumens and will you have a dinner switch...
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look for temp color or lumuns 0 -
Changed every single light source in my house to LED, much cooler and cheaper and yes, they are brighter but they can also be dimmed (not all). 0 -
Give a shout out to NeoBlackdog. Steve does remodeling, and I believe that this topic has come up before. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by fordsix
look for temp color or lumuns
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quote:Originally posted by mrmike08075
What's the output rating in lumens and will you have a dinner switch...
Mike
Ours has a breakfast switch. [:D]0 -
I changed out all of my lighting fixtures to LED over the coarse of about a year. It was quite expensive but doing it that way didn't cause me any hardships. My kitchen lighting was probably the most expensive part, needing a dozen of those little two pronged spot lights and then another 8 spots for the track lighting that separates the dining and living rooms.
The old standard bulbs of that type would burn out quite regular and also put out enough heat to make the back of your neck feel like you were out in direct sunlight on a hot summer day! The new LED bulbs throw little to no heat at all and the best part has been about a 50 dollar a month reduction in electric service![:)]
On another positive note, I have observed the prices for LED bulbs have come down quite a bit from what they cost a few years ago. They are also on sale often and I try and stockpile replacement bulbs almost like I do with ammunition![:)] So far, after about 2 full years of running LED's I have only had 1 bulb burn out! Not too bad![;)]0 -
LED is the way to go, I use daylight or brighter colors 4100 plus as you get closer to 6000 it appears too blue to me.
Lumens is the measure of light and temperature the color but a orange light no matter how many lumens is not bright to me.
LED as I understand it has no infrared or ultraviolet so no fading of items from the light source.
Very low temps compared to other sources and obviously less electric use.
Last long too!0 -
Bought LED spots for the kitchen -BRIGHT white- made it look like an operating room. Took 'em back.
Try before you buy a case.[8)]0 -
Here's a site that explains it rather clearly. I bought a bunch of 48" 5000 from Amazon. They were about $25 each. They light up the house and garage like daylight. I really like them.
https://www.energyearth.com/general/categories/lighting/learn-more0 -
You can pretty much pick the color and intensity of the light with LEDs. "Daylight" color is about 4000 degrees, and most LED packages will give you the "wattage" equivalent of intensity.
Temp ratings lower than 4000 will be yellower and higher will be bluer. Something around 3000? will be a warm white, slightly yellowish and close to what you're used to with incandescent.
I use 3X to 4X as a rather broad estimate of wattage. A 5W LED will be about as bright as a 15 to 20W Fluoro. A 15W will be about like a 60W bulb.
Those are just my rules of thumb. We've changed most of the house over and could not be happier.0 -
I added two 4 ft LED shoplights ($16 each from WallyWorld) to my gun room. You could grow wheat in there. INCREDIBLY bright. Not hot. Very little power draw.
Have a dozen 6 ft fluorescents in my shop- plan to replace them all with LEDs next spring.0 -
You can buy 4-ft LED tubes that are a simple pop-in replacement for Fluoro tubes, but not all fixtures are compatible. The six in my garage worked fine, but the one over my reloading bench would not run the LEDs. I'll have to replace that fixture. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by mogley98
LED is the way to go, I use daylight or brighter colors 4100 plus as you get closer to 6000 it appears too blue to me.
Lumens is the measure of light and temperature the color but a orange light no matter how many lumens is not bright to me.
LED as I understand it has no infrared or ultraviolet so no fading of items from the light source.
Very low temps compared to other sources and obviously less electric use.
Last long too!
Yes, it is the way to go for me too. And it does appear to be a bright bluish color.0 -
I put the little hockey puck ones under my counters and they are fantastic!
I got them at Home Depot, they were easy to install I just fished power into one of my cabinets, put in a outlet and plugged them in, I put the switch on the outlet that is on my backsplash so now that outlet has a plug and a switch to turn them on.0 -
way back when we bought our lake place we put in halogen in ...did not need central heat with them...replaced all later with LED....removed a fire hazard 0 -
LED lights rated at 5000K are like sunlight in color. They make any kitchen work surface easy to see. You can not go wrong with LED unless the K rating is too low. 0 -
LED is currently the present and future of lighting. 0 -
Anyone tried these?
https://www.eledlights.com/led-lights/eled-indoor-lights/magnetic-led-strip-lights/4ft-magnetic-linear-led-retrofit-kit-2x4strpb32ed.html
I have 3 recessed double tube ceiling fixtures in my kitchen that are an absolute PITA to change. I'm thinking it looks like an easy swap, and it'll more than double the light.0 -
the 4' flouro change out to 4' LED is a simple rewire inside the fixture 0
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