Integrated LED Recessed Ceiling Light
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Comments (4)Thanks MIke. I had no idea that an LED switch might not work with any and all LED lights -- and neither did my installer. Lutron ((I called them) was not able to tell me, he thought perhaps they had not tested that particular lighting unit yet. I did find something on the Sylvania website that indicated that my lights could be dimmed with a standard dimmer, so I am going to try it....See MoreLED Lighting: Integrated LED?
Comments (19)Dedicated (integrated) LED lights have some significant advantages. However, one thing to consider -- if you buy one, that's what you're stuck with until you replace it with another entire integrated unit. Right now retrofit screw-in LED bulbs are still evolving rapidly. Their prices have fallen fast and far. It doesn't seem like all that long ago that a 40-Watt-equivalent retrofit bulb at $20 was a bargain. I suspect that retrofit LED bulbs have pretty nearly bottomed out in price, especially with new tariffs on Chinese goods swooping in. When CFs got to a comparable price point some years back, we started seeing specialized features added -- photo and motion sensors, for example. Now that's starting to happen with LED retrofits too. Also, the quality of light they produce continues to improve, though I'd like to see fewer hemispherical lenses and more traditional shapes, and there's less fudging on the actual lumen output and incandescent equivalence. On the downside, advertised design life for retrofit LED bulbs seems to be going down, which I suspect isn't accidental. To finally get to the point here, if you install a conventional incandescent fixture and put a retrofit LED bulb into it, in a few years you can upgrade fairly easily and cheaply with a new retrofit bulb. It'll be more complex and expensive to upgrade a dedicated LED unit, so you might be less likely to do so....See MorePot Light Help LED
Comments (6)Just helped my Dad install some retrofit LED recessed light. The ones he found at Home Depot have a switch inside that allows you to select the light/color. The choices were 2700, 3000, 3500, 4000 & 5000, adjusted with a slide switch right on the top of the fixture. Wish they had that when we replaced ours a few years back. Having the ability to adjust them differently for different rooms or adjust them as your needs/wants change is genius, and much less wasteful for the environment. It was something like this one: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Halo-RL-5-in-and-6-in-White-Integrated-LED-Recessed-Ceiling-Light-Trim-at-Selectable-CCT-2700K-5000K-665-Lumens-RL56069S1EWHR/304533541...See More4 inch or 6 inch recessed lights and pendants
Comments (30)Take a look at this line: Juno Adjustable LED and Juno 4" Downlight. The adjustable ones are...adjustable and have 3 choices of user-replaceable beam spreads. Both have a wide selection of trims. With ceilings that high I would go for the higher-lumen version. Were it my new house, I would want something nicer than the basic builder-grade recessed light. I don't know how flexible your GC is and if this is a spec house or a custom-build. If it's a custom-build, I would be looking for a far more customized lighting plan, which is somewhat hard to do without a furniture plan....See Morehappypanda25
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