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Saw me some new LED light bulbs at work.
yoshmyster
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Looks like a bulb shaped like ceiling fan. It has like 4 blades that fold out and set as you like LEDs. I may have to check these out and price them.
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I used them when I built The Toy Box. They put out an amazing amount of light in the garage portion of the building - 53' x 35' with a 12' ceiling. I used 15 lights.
I like the fact they can be screwed into a regular light bulb socked. The "blades" had a tendency to sag so I used a hot glue gun to keep them in place.
The version I had had five blades. A bunch of folks thought they were actually ceiling fans. Unfortunately the lights started to fail. Either a blade or the center light would start to blink which was very distracting. Failure could be counted in hours/days - maybe 300 hours of "on time".
I replaced them with a four blade version. They had a different temperature of light and were seemed to be brighter than the first ones. They have not failed - yet.
I did keep the ones that started to blink. Perhaps I will run out of things to do someday and will attempt to repair them.
I have one with three panels and a motion detector - and a remote. I put it in my attic space so it comes on automatically when I go up there. It would also work fine in a garage.
I have a couple of the 4 blade version down in the barn for the chickens.
I put two of the four blade ones in the well house I built, They seem to work fine so far, they are smaller than they looked online when I got em off amazon.
Had some flood light is the warehouse. Just shown down is spots.
I replaced with these type Led light with 3 blades .Covers a large area Wow, I'm blinded and now, can find things I lost years ago. Ceiling is 16 ft up, so have to use one of the extension poles to install.
But seem to only last about 2 years, then start flickering, (looks like lightning). But the price has come down so it's not too bad to replace. I bought a Case of these (10) .
We have a couple in an old shead, and I have one in the pole barn I think their 3 light style bought them a few years back on sale at menards
JMHO
LED lights are right up their with sliced bread. LOL
Seen them at Ollies,the ones made by bell and Howell. Good price but was unsure if worth the price . Sounds like Ineed to try some .
Sound good, except for the arms sagging. That would be a pain.
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So fewer the blades the brighter? Got to keep that in mind.
I've had numerous disappointments with LED bulbs/lights. When new they give a lot of light, as they age the light grows dimmer and the life is way less than the hype claims.
Pretty much agree....
Over the years......I've mostly settled on CFL bulbs, based on cost....life.....and wattage consumption comparisons. I do still keep some incandescent bulbs handy....…for mild heat....to help epoxies cure, and warming inside my stock finish dry-box.
Here's hoping that Don will bring back incandescent bulbs........😉😎
I noticed this with those twisted compact fluorescents. I took off the frosted glass to get better lights off them this weekend. maybe I got that GA the Fonz was talking about?