how much light do these light bulbs give? or how bright? I'm thinking about installing a three bulb track system in a dark hall.
858220
I installed one bulb in a lamp and the light is easily the equivalent of a 100 watt regular bulb. I would use 3 in a dark hall as long as the fixture(s) is not over 10 feet high. They are great and so is the price.
858221
Not very bright at all. Not when, in 3 months, 3 bulbs have already quit working and the 4th is now flickering. My kitchen is very dark. So much for energy savings.
858222
These are extremely bright. I have this in my kitchen which is on the dark side at any given time, but when you switch this one on, it is very bright!!! I highly recommend this lighting. I also order the bulbs from Amazon in bulk as it is easier than having to go a distance to find someone who carries this particular one in the store. The pricing, I thought, was very fair.
858223
As long as you have a grouping of these (three or more) you'll get plenty of light. These bulbs burn out often so take that into account. If you have 4-6 bulbs, you can expect to replace more than one every year.
181649
I only wired them up to 12 volt in my motorhome. Had four fixtures with two bulbs in each. All were wired to one circuit. Found with all eight on they were not bright enough. I tried pulling one bulb out of two different fixtures. They worked great. Have one set with two on a circuit and another with four, Those work great. I was going through 6-8 of the old flouresant bulbs a year. The oldest ones in our motorhome are two years old now. Have not had to replace any. Just be careful with too many on a circuit. Have no idea if they will work with 120 volts. Manufactures website should tell you that. I only wired them up to 12 volt in my motorhome. Had four fixtures with two bulbs in each. All were wired to one circuit. Found with all eight on they were not bright enough. I tried pulling one bulb out of two different fixtures. They worked great. Have one set with two on a circuit and another with four, Those work great. I was going through 6-8 of the old flouresant bulbs a year. The oldest ones in our motorhome are two years old now. Have not had to replace any. Just be careful with too many on a circuit. Have no idea if they will work with 120 volts. Manufactures website should tell... » Read More I only wired them up to 12 volt in my motorhome. Had four fixtures with two bulbs in each. All were wired to one circuit. Found with all eight on they were not bright enough. I tried pulling one bulb out of two different fixtures. They worked great. Have one set with two on a circuit and another with four, Those work great. I was going through 6-8 of the old flouresant bulbs a year. The oldest ones in our motorhome are two years old now. Have not had to replace any. Just be careful with too many on a circuit. Have no idea if they will work with 120 volts. Manufactures website should tell you that. « Show Less
1596698
They give off a lot of light but I think two would not be enough. All depends on how much light you are looking for. I think four of these would be much better
1535928
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.
2178783
I have two in my living room and it is well lit. There are three bulbs per fixture. I am very happy with them. My living room does have 8 ft ceilings and the lighting they provide is not harsh.
171385
They are somewhat less bright than a 5W incandescent bulb.The first LED bulb that I found was less bright & I replaced it with one of these, because I wanted more light.It might have been a Fiet BPC7/LED.
2144659
It's not that they are less-bright, just that they give off a different temperature of light than you may be used to. I have two of these in our bedroom for our reading lights - the light is a warmer amber light, so it's very similar to candle light - excellent for night time lighting that isn't too harsh. However, if you are used to daylight lights or bright/cool white low temperature type lights, these will probably seem less bright. I highly disagree with the reviewers that say these lights don't give off enough light to see anything - it's just flat-out wrong. But if you're putting one of these lights in a huge room, you should expect about the same amount of light as a 40w bulb, but it will be a warmer, softer light and it may give the impression of it being less bright. Hope this helps!
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I purchased two of these track light"s and can only speak of what happened with mine,, it took me several bulbs and some time but finally realized that the 3 bulb"s together can not be over 75 watts,, I ended up putting 25 watt halogen bulbs that I found at our local walmart in a 3 pack and the lights have worked fine since, the lighting is beautiful and easy to set up,, just don't do as I did and buy several variety and watt's of bulbs (I tried several and all that happens is they get hot and then simply go out some lasted a few hours, others a day or so) just remember 75 watts TOTAL per set.
1789891
Yeah, we put LEDs though and they work great. Changing out burnt bulbs would be a pain so I would highly recommend a good LED.
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I think the number of lights that can safely be mounted on a track is going to depend on whether you are using LED or halogen bulbs, and how many light fixtures or other devices are on the circuit. The halogen bulbs that fit this use 50 watts. You could put 10 of them on the track for a total of 500 watts of electricity use, which would require 4.17 amps. Most lighting circuits have circuit breakers for 15 amps, but you really do not want to get anywhere close to a 15 amp load. I use LED bulbs which use only 5 watts for the same amount of light as the 50 watt halogens. So I could have 100 of them mounted and still use 500 watts total. But there is not enough space to fit that many on the track. The total track length is 48 inches, but you lose about 6" for the floating canopy head, leaving about 42 usable inches of track. If you allow 4" of track for each light fixture, you could mount 10 of the lights to a bar, and use only 50 watts with the LED bulbs. That would be a whole lot of light. Unless you know that you need a great deal of light for some special purpose, I would start out with one or two fewer lights than you think you will need; you can always buy more of the light heads and add them later if needed. And go with the LED bulbs to save on your electric bill and avoid the heat generated by halogens.
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Luminous Intensity: 90-100Lm/W that's 1620 - 1800 . I have 3 in my hall way and they do an excellent job of lighting it, I've been very happy with them.
757747
I had fans with small blades and ones with longer blades. The lighting on smaller fans is brighter. I was not around when they are being installed so I am not sure on the kind of bulbs used. I would say there is sufficient light but not too bright
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DLJ, I've been running mine for quite sometime. They replaced 12v 4w incandescent bulbs and here is what I can say about these. The lumens is close to a 4w, the color is slightly cooler but still warm that people can't tell it's LED. The match up very nicely to 20w equivalent LED spotlights I put on the same system. And the beauty, not one bulb has gone out yet, running daily on a dusk timer for. 4, 6, or 8 hours depending on daylight season.
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One bulb is OK but more are too hot and are energy wasting. My advice is to switch all your house lights over to LED bulbs. Yes, it can be expensive, but do one or two at a time and you will not notice it much. Over the years, you will get it all back and more in energy savings.
365672
It's hard wired and I don't think it would be to bright as you can't put big bright bulbs in them. I've had this installed in a child's room for over a year and a half and no problems. Took me a couple hours to assemble though so keep that in mind. Hope this helps some what.
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I am using the bulbs to replace outdoor garden halogen bulbs with LED's. However, they are pretty bright -- uplighting trees and such -- so 6 should really light up a dining room! Also, these are 12volt and may not be suitable replacements for regular MR16 bulbs unless they are low voltage.
2248205
Sorry I can't help you there. I just read that they take almost no power, compared to the regular bulb. I put them in two different areas of the MH and basically saw no difference in output of the lights. But I have to believe that I'm using at least 50% less power to get the same light. hope this helps.