Replacement LED light Fixtures -

shastagary wrote:
something like these? Black Double Dome Light

Looks nice, but..

Personally, I would really recommend using fixtures that are relampable.

First, LEDs as you have noticed often never make it to the "100,000 hr mark (35 yrs at 8hrs a day)" or even the more conservative 50,000 hrs (17.5 yrs at 8hrs per day).. Much closer to 5-8 yrs at 8hrs per day.

If you are unlucky, may be changing them every few yrs depending on how poorly they are made.

I know the rage is to buy sealed fixtures but from my own experiences with LEDs I would rather be able to remove and replace the dead bulb instead of changing fixtures..

Second, you might spend a lot of dough on the new fixtures and discover you hate the color temperature, is too bright, is not bright enough.. At least with relampable fixtures you can simply remove and replace bulb with color and brightness you desire.

Granted, the one in the link give, you can remove the lens, but you can't remove the LED plates, you would have to buy new plates which fit the space and then have to tape the new plates over top of the old. Not a quick fix and to get to the wiring, most likely have to remove the fixture..

Sadly, small relampable fixtures now days are getting hard to find and finding "designer" versions are even more difficult to find.

I actually made exclusive use of small under cabinet puck fixtures which used 20W halogen bulbs, removed the Halogen bulbs and replaced with LEDs with same pin configuration as the halogens. The caveat with those is finding LED replacements which are small enough to fit the fixture.