Wednesday, April 16, 2014

LED Lighting

Jim changed over three of our pot lights from halogen to LED lighting.  We used Philips Accent LED Indoor Capsule

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It uses 3.5 watts (170 lumens)  G4 pin, equivalent of a 20 watt  (250 lumens) halogen and it is cool to the touch, not hot like the halogen.  Plus it gives off a brighter light. I was very pleased with how much light I had at night to knit and being able to see each stitch easily.  And at $11 each it is affordable for the reported average life of 13.7 years.  We bought ours at a Home Depot…Lowes didn’t have them.

Since amazon.com wants $16.52 for the same thing, we drove back to Santa Fe Home Depot and got four more LEDs for the three pot lights above the kitchen sink and one over my side of the bed where I read every night.

More and more RVers are switching over to LEDs to conserve battery use when boondocking or, like Jim, with a desire for safety to eliminate the heat of a halogen….energy efficiency and less heat makes LEDs very desirable. 

Remember, you are loved.

5 comments:

  1. Do they make any LED replacement type light for the ceiling fluorescent fixtures ? Hate how little light they give off.

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    1. Yes, they do, Linda. They cost about $30 each though. We'll be replacing our fluorescents next.

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  2. We have switched most of our motorhome lighting to leds and pleased that we did. Now, all we need to do is switch out the florscents and we will be totally LED.

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  3. Very true. LEDs are great. HOWEVER if you have a circuit that is dimmable BE SURE to ONLY use LEDs rated for use in dimming applications, if not that could be a fire hazard.

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    1. Do RVs have dimmables? But yes, if you have dimmable switch you have to get dimmable LEDs

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