Replacing old house lights with LEDs

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
You might want to check several opinions regarding kelvin color temperature. OSRAM and EPISTAR are in agreement as is CREE.

A color temp of around 4.6K is equivalent to sunlight. Most folks do not illuminate enough at 4.6K and they get confused regarding sunlight. Pure 5K is as white as white gets. Newer automobiles have HID headlamps with 6.5K and if what I see at night is considered "white" I must have vision problems.

Anything above 3000 K is WAY too cold for my taste. I prefer 2700 K for the LEDs in my house, and 3000 is OK but not great in the trailer.

Look for the LUMEN output of the LED. That's what counts in brightness. Compare it to a standard or fluorescent bulb that you like. A package may tell you "equivalent to XX watts" but still check the LUMEN output.

LEDtrailerlights.com sells the LEDs with the same type base as the ones in your trailer, either the bayonet-style or twist-lock. If you have trouble choosing which you need, call them. They are very helpful.

My wife is very particular about lighting. She prefers 2700k. She will put up with 3300k. 4000k and above is too much. Order a small amount and verify the light temperature is OK. I bought expensive led lighting. Zero problems. Not sure if your air conditioning will be affected by swapping to led.

Replaced all the DC puck incandescent lights with LEDs. Cooler and use less power.

You might want to check several opinions regarding kelvin color temperature. OSRAM and EPISTAR are in agreement as is CREE.

A color temp of around 4.6K is equivalent to sunlight. Most folks do not illuminate enough at 4.6K and they get confused regarding sunlight. Pure 5K is as white as white gets. Newer automobiles have HID headlamps with 6.5K and if what I see at night is considered "white" I must have vision problems.

LED lights
I am putting 6500 K for really white light. No bluish.
I am measuring the draw on each light I buy and I bought several hundreds for stick house.
Some of them draw what they are rated for, some of them 60%.
There is not much negotiations you can do with Chinese sellers, so I always buy the biggest light I can find.
Only lately 24W light I bought for my bedrooms turn out too bright, but I predicted that and bought dimmable.
Again, those are 120V lights, but coming from California warehouse, I had them next day.

3.5K Like an incandescent Light Bulb

5.0K Pure white. Whiter than equal intensity sunlight

>6.0K definitely bluish like a mercury vapor light

Do not pay attention to advertiser's "watts". If necessary contact their tech and request a "Milliamp" value. Seeing is believing. Some bulb replacements are so overrated lumen-wise it borders on the absurd.

CREE brand LEDs are the brightest per watt. But not easy to find in low power lighting. Whatever type of lamp or bulb I need I search for CREE brand, first.

Like others (above) suggest, hold your horses until you try several different types. Beware of buying identical product from different distributors.

I bought a sack of those and there is no place that I would not make them fit.
Converting fluorescent I hardwired 4 or 6 of them into old fixtures, depends how much light I want.
The "tulip" lights at the bed look a bit funny with light shooting straight up, but then being close to the pillows, old bulbs created danger heat.
At $1 a piece there is not much to think about.
Finally made the refrigerator light working.

The price is definitely right so just order a few more in case one or two don't work. We've sometimes gotten different colors in the same batch - some brighter than others - just put them in a different area.

Bill

You can buy direct from China on Ebay or pay a middle man extra... OK, you might get a warranty but of the 50+ I've bought maybe three over six yeas have stopped working. Most cost less than $1 but I would buy a couple different ones to see which you like best. I like warm white for inside and bright white for outside. I have found the 5050 chips to run cooler than other sizes.