What is the power consumption for these? The bulb from factory draws 8Watts and I want to believe these should draw less.
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The SMDs (LEDs) work on 3-3.6V. The current draw is between .02-.03A. There are 12 of these on each bulb. If you take the max values it comes to 1.296W ( 12 x .03 x 3.6). There might be some resistors that might be drawing some power. But overall you are doing way better than the factory bulbs. Update: I did a google search on these LEDs ( 1210). Vendors mention a consumption of .08 W per LED. For 12 it comes to .96W ( 12x.08).
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The ones I bought are 110v and work great. They are being used in outdoor lighting fixtures that are controlled by a timer. Turns out they do attract bugs, so different bulbs with a different color spectrum of light might be better for outdoors. Otherwise, no complaints and my electricity consumption has been cut from 240 watts for 4 hours a night to 24 watts for four hours a night, sweet. Good luck.
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Sorry I don't know how many watts my old bulbs were. But these are SUPER bright compared to my old fashioned bulbs I replaced. Hard to estimate exactly but when I lift my tail gate, I can see everything very bright. Before it was hard to see much detail at night. Dome lights, ditto. Kids can read easily at night. For some drivers and darker roads, that may be a distraction. But I think that trade-off is worth it. Then to think I will probably never need to replace them . . . the choice is clear and well worth the money.
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The actual power consumption of this bulb is 9.0W. There is no equivalent incandescaent bulb. This is much brighter than any other incandescent bulbs. Thanks
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I am not sure, but I would think is 100 watts. I am currently using them with 60 watt bulbs.
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It will have much lower current draw, be brighter and fit. Bulb life is also in the thousands of hours. One of my best changes.
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You need to see what bulb your car takes. I took them off because one was a 6k and other was 8k. Had to buy nee ones.
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Don't know about power usage and these are smd without resistor don't buy them unless its for car,RV etc.. look elsewhere on Amazon for bulk led packages
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Less of a power draw. My track lighting has 7 lights at 50W per bulb using the halogens, compared to 7 at 5W per bulb. 350W draw compared to 35W.
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To all the people who stated that watts don't matter since it is much less than a regular bulb, let me state that in an RV - yes they do matter, a lot! if a bulb is 1.4 watts (Camco #5008 12v LED bulb) vs 1.8 like this one, I would choose the lower wattage, since over 4 hrs of use on 8-10 bulbs, it would drain my battery much faster.
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I'm just a homeowner and not an expert. It sounds though like you're concerned about heat build-up from the bulb. It's my understanding that these bulbs create negligible heat. and a cut-out would be more than enough.
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Has nothing to do with the unit. It depends on the wattage of the bulbs you use and the on/off settings you set the unit at. You could try the LED bulbs which consume nothing.
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Hello Annieoftriol:They are 3Watt. I use them in my Dept. 56 Dickens houses, and also in our hallway. There not really for giving light to work by or anything like that. Just a very nice warm, flickering affect. I also use them on our christmas tree this year. I have these sets of "candle" looking lights and I swapped the original bulb out for the flickering kind and wow they really looked great, from my perspective. HOpe this helps. JIm
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Mine are electricly powered and the bulbs have lasted some 5 to 6 years. I was so impressed that I ordered three more sets
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No expert here but have used in several locations.. they are smaller and work w/ a clip on shade on my small desk light.. can measure it but the say equal to 100 watt conventional bulb.. I would say equal to a 60 watt.. but do save energy so am happy with them..
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I didn't measure the power used, so can't comment on that. But mine are *really* bright and I believe the claim that they are equivalent to a 225W incandescent. But they're not instantly bright - they take about 5 minutes to reach full brightness.
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The actual power consumption of this bulb is 9.0W.There is no equivalent incandescaent bulb. This is much brighter than any other incandescent bulbs. Thanks