Replacing old house lights with LEDs
Before ordering some of these buggers I wanted to make sure there are no issues with swapping out the old style with led lights. Any comments? My interior lights produce quite a bit of heat and my AC ...
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When I decided to replace the ceiling fixtures in my MH with LEDs I looked at the retrofit LED panels and bulbs, similar to these, and decided to replace the fixtures with LED fixtures.
What many of the posters in this thread are talking about is the process of matching the LED to the fixture - to produce the quality of light that you want. With a bit of work it can be done. I came to realize that an incandescent fixture has a lens that is designed to work with an incandescent bulb, but not so much with an LED. In my opinion, LED needs an LED-specific lens.
I chose the wholesale replacement of each incandescent fixture with an LED fixture. Yes, one is looking at about $30+ USD per fixture whereas the retrofit LEDs are less than a third of the fixture cost in many instances. In my case, in my MH, I think it was worth it.
What many of the posters in this thread are talking about is the process of matching the LED to the fixture - to produce the quality of light that you want. With a bit of work it can be done. I came to realize that an incandescent fixture has a lens that is designed to work with an incandescent bulb, but not so much with an LED. In my opinion, LED needs an LED-specific lens.
I chose the wholesale replacement of each incandescent fixture with an LED fixture. Yes, one is looking at about $30+ USD per fixture whereas the retrofit LEDs are less than a third of the fixture cost in many instances. In my case, in my MH, I think it was worth it.
