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Outdoor LED Floodlight Recommendations
Posted on 1/7/15 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 1/7/15 at 1:05 pm
So, been in my house less than 2 months and already the crappy outdoor floodlight is out. I've decided to replace it with an LED bulb and will do that with each as they burn. Any recommendations? It's a motion sensor unit if that makes any difference (I don't believe it would though).
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Posted on 1/7/15 at 1:29 pm to GeauxColonels
CREE
Posted on 1/7/15 at 1:43 pm to CAD703X
Any specific "model" I should look at?
Posted on 1/7/15 at 1:53 pm to GeauxColonels
start here
LINK
Home Depot is really pushing CREE this month. I saw a huge endcap display yesterday when I was there.
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Home Depot is really pushing CREE this month. I saw a huge endcap display yesterday when I was there.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 2:01 pm to CAD703X
Thanks. I got a few Home Depot gift cards....sounds like a great way to use 1 of them. 
Posted on 1/7/15 at 2:03 pm to GeauxColonels
dont forget to check out their 4-pack. they're only $15 each if you buy them that way.
i can say the 100w CREE bulbs i put in my outdoor dusk/dawn lighting is legit. it even does the dim/bright motion activation thing like the old halogens i used to chew through like nothing.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 2:07 pm to CAD703X
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dont forget to check out their 4-pack. they're only $15 each if you buy them that way.
May have to do that since I have 4 floodlights on the front of the house.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 2:16 pm to GeauxColonels
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since I have 4 floodlights on the front of the house.
you run them all night?
the CREEs pay for themselves very quickly. They sip electricity and last for 22 years (supposedly) althought the warranty is 10 years I think.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 2:30 pm to CAD703X
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i can say the 100w CREE bulbs i put in my outdoor dusk/dawn lighting is legit. it even does the dim/bright motion activation thing like the old halogens i used to chew through like nothing.
I'd be their fricking spokesperson for free if they needed me to be. I am at the point now that anytime a light bulb goes out I'm only replacing them with Cree bulbs. The only situation I have where they don't work is my stove hood. It takes 2 Par 20 halogen bulbs. I tried those Phillips LEDs and they would only work on the high setting. The Cree floodlights I put in the backyard are awesome. Very clean light and broad spectrum.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 2:53 pm to nino2469
You can do just the bulb but I'm going to change mine with what's in your link because it makes such a clean looking install.
eta: You don't have to actually replace the entire receptacle. You just basically gut the insides.
eta: You don't have to actually replace the entire receptacle. You just basically gut the insides.
This post was edited on 1/7/15 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 1/7/15 at 2:57 pm to Tigerdew
I might do the whole thing as well. Seems like the price is the same for just the bulb and like you said it's a cleaner look
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:31 pm to nino2469
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I'm going to start replacing the bulbs in my house with LED as they burn out. If I have recessed lights can I just replace the bulb or do I have to replace the entire receptacle with something like this?
Use the LED retrofits for recess cans.
LED lamps put off a lot of heat which will cause the lamps to fail prematurely when enclosed in a recess can.
Posted on 1/7/15 at 9:44 pm to Kajungee
Look at the feit enhanced LEDs for cans. High cri so they look like regular bulbs. I have 88 of them in my new house...3 months going strong I love them.
I need some less for the floods tho. I have sofit lights that are halo LEDs (wave light or something like that) that I leave on all night. But I want some floods that reach out into the yard more. I want something more than those 65 watt equivalents
I need some less for the floods tho. I have sofit lights that are halo LEDs (wave light or something like that) that I leave on all night. But I want some floods that reach out into the yard more. I want something more than those 65 watt equivalents
This post was edited on 1/7/15 at 9:45 pm
Posted on 1/8/15 at 6:36 am to CAD703X
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you run them all night?
The motion sensor pair is on all night, but I don't leave the others on all night because I don't want them to burn out so damn quickly.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 11:56 am to GeauxColonels
Honestly, there is very little energy savings between the LED and the twisty florescent floods and the florescent lasts a long time too. But the florescent floods are currently MUCH less expensive.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 12:00 pm to ELVIS U
Energy savings...no your right not much....quality of light...BIG difference. CFL makes me 
Not to mention warm up time for said CFLs and needing a hazmat team if you happen to drop and brake one.
Not to mention warm up time for said CFLs and needing a hazmat team if you happen to drop and brake one.This post was edited on 1/8/15 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 1/8/15 at 12:46 pm to ELVIS U
quote:link?
But the florescent floods are currently MUCH less expensive.
the CREEs are $15 if you buy 4.
Posted on 1/8/15 at 2:14 pm to CAD703X
where are you seeing that price at? I see one bulb on home depot for 19.95
Posted on 1/8/15 at 3:30 pm to nino2469
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