LED bulbs
Who makes a good brand of LED lights in the A19 120V configuration? I'm looking for a good price on 5000k temp bulbs, that I usually mix 1:1 with something in the old school 3300K temp incandescent li...
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D.E.Bishop wrote:Actually the new ones are WAY cheaper. They replaced the glass globe with plastic, and the heat sinking is gone and replaced with venting slots in the plastic globe. This is the way the 40-75W lamps now are, but the 100W, 3-way, and the floods are still the old style.
I tried the panel type of LED lamps a few years ago and didn't like the light distribution or the color, I haven't looked at any of the newer, corncob style lamps for awhile. Are they available in the 2700 to 3000K range now? I prefer the warmer light and my wife only uses the higher range lamps in here sewing lights like her OTT lights.
I have almost every lamp in my S&B changed to Cree and our neighborhood street lights are Cree. I personally love them.
I think the coating on some of the older or cheaper lamps was to contain the envelope if it broke from heat or being struck. New Crees do hot have the coating.
