I've read LED bulbs attract less bugs in the summer. Has anyone found this to be true with this bulb?
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This is a great light. Have been using it as an outdoor floodlight for about six months. Plenty of light, equivalent to about 75 watts for the cost of 15. I see bugs swarming all over it at night, to answer ArgyJr's question.
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I have heard that blue LEDs attract bugs.I have to say though, that now that you mention it, I don't see them swarming to it...maybe its the heat that draws them to incandescent.
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Apparently it varies depending upon the brand of LED bulb, but I have found that there are far fewer bugs with the Kobi bulbs, fewer even than what I used to get with incandescent bug light bulbs.
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There are definitely less bugs but certain bugs don't seem to be affected. I see mainly moths being attracted to the bulbs. But not really anything else.
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I do not own any LED bulbs yet so I am unable to answer this question. I do use an have put in a spiral CFL bulb with no problems. Thanks.
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I dont know, I have never used it in an area with a lot of bugs. I only used it in the desert. The lights are not that high powered, but then again really any light will attract soem sort of bug.
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Mine does this occasionally in the early morning when the bug population flocks to the light and triggers the sensor. I also had to trim the shrubbery beneath the light as a good breeze moved the leaves and triggered the light.
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We bought LED bulbs and it doesn't get hot. With the bulbs it came with, it does.
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This bulb works very well at low temperatures. I have it in several outdoor fixtures and it worked well this past winter in Cleveland, Ohio. We had lows around -12 degrees without any issue. I will warn you however that the bulb does not like higher temperatures, the internal cooling fan cannot keep up with the heat the lamp produces. I have had to remove 12 of these from an office building because they were overheating and melting the cooling fans. This is a great bulb, they just need to perfect the cooling. The output of this lamp is greater than that of a 175w metal halide lamp.
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I found that halogen bulbs give off a great deal of heat and the color is a yellow glow that I found harsh. Whereas the LED "daylight" lights gives off very little if any heat and the daylight bulb gives off a white color and more soothing to the eye. We have put in many spot lights and I replaced all halogen bulbs with the LED daylight bulbs and we love them. This is a personal opinion.
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I purchased these at the end of April and I am not sure what the weather was at night back then. I can tell you though that we have these type of bulbs in outside fixtures on the building and in the courtyard (however they are not dawn to dusk) and they worked just fine this past horrible Chicago winter!
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Hi there - typical incandescent/halogen R20 (not PAR20) bulbs have a spread of 110-140 degrees, so you should expect similar with this bulb, maybe a bit narrower because it's LED. But it should very likely be a wide flood. I have not tested this specific model in my home.
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This bulb is a spot lamp bulb not like other bulbs. the fouces a beam or channle of heat to one area were normal bulbs scatter heat. so they will help heat a the basking area, theses do over heat very eay. do not use mimi dome lamps were theres isnt wide enough. my beared dragon would only bask around this hot zone never dirrectly under it wich did lead to him stay at temps around 85 or 82 degrees. even rising the lamp dome up higher didnt help. be care full of theses bulbs.
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It lasted all last winter. A good rule rule might be to use the advertised bulb life and reduce by say 20% for the triggered on and offs.
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Jamster,I have yet to see a led bulb with minimum operating temp less than -22 F. There may be a handful under that but I wouldn't expect it. Only question is how the bulb will respond....will it not work properly during extreme cold or will it kill the bulb...I don't know. If I were you I would buy a cheap led bulb to test it out.
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I used it every night last summer and the bulb is still okay. A suggestion; put a little wine or beer in a cap in the bottom to help attract insects in the room.
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I have had these bulbs in place for only 4 months or so and in open tulip type lights as well as closed type and have not noticed any issues with bugs or dirt accumulation.
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LED bulbs should have no problems working down to 0F (-18C). As to the higher temperature, 100F (38C) is not a big deal for any consumer-grade products. Plus you probably won't use the light during a hot sunny day, anyway.
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Codes of course vary. But you are asking is it going to cause problems, no. Absolutely not. Mine have been in two baths now for six month--only diff might be I've nine foot ceilings. I'm sure that does not matter, though. I recommend springing for LED replacements bulbs...the halogens burn hot.
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It is not. Not all all LED light bulbs are dimmable. They have to specify it when they are. I got a dimmable one from Amazon too but it's a white light not a bug repellent, the brand is Tuwago.