Do these throw out more light than your convention 2 bulb, incandescent 4' shop lights? It's hard to tell from the write up. Andthey use less energy?
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I am assuming you are asking about 4ft fluorescent vs our LEDs. The 4 ft Fluorescent T12 tubes use 40 Watts per tube. T8 lamps use 32 Watts per tube. Our 4 ft shop lights has two strips of LEDs, each 12W. Our total 24Watt LED shop light puts out light equivalent to 80 Watts of T12 ( 2 tubes x 40 Watts per tube) or 64 Watts of T8 (32W x 2 lamps). An incandescent bulb (100W) puts out about 1100 lumens, so our fixture puts out about as much light as 2 100 Watt incandescent bulbs.
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I would say yes, they give a nice light, better than the rather yellow CFL versions. I would have said it was more like 50W rather than a 40W equivalent. A nice light
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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.
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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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No we wired them into where our others had been that wire was already hooked to a switch they are very brite white. They do not throw out a lot of room light. But they are wonderful over work areas. Other areas in the room not so much. They throw out no heat. That was great all summer. I could almost hear my shop 15 by 20 with the fluorescent bulbs. Kinda miss them this fall with the cool mornings. But I love the electric bill.
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It's going to depend on the bulbs you use. I have day light LED lights in mine and it gives off a lot of light. Very bright.
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LEDS are supposedly brighter. Haven't used them. I'm familiar with CFL's. Hope this helps!
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I'm definitely not an expert, but I bought these, and I think they give off the same amount of light as a standard CFL. They're plenty bright. I think they're just called minis because they're shorter -- the longer ones don't fit with some of those ceiling covers you try to put over the bulb. The reason I bought these, though, wasn't because they were mini but because they're 2700K temperature, which gives off a much softer, warmer light than the typical harsh white CFL bulbs.
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I don't really know. They are at least equivalent to the bulbs we removed, but these use much less power.
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The bulbs supplied were the shorter ones that do not stick out. They're not the traditional look, but put out a lot of light for about 15W. I've gotten used to them and have actually replaced some of my other lights with the same.
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I too would like to know the light output in Lumens. I have seen other "Replacement for 500W shop/floodlights" that only draw 7.5 Watts, (1/6 as much power to run them as this one), and they claim the output is 1820 Lumens. I suspect that is less light than what this unit puts out, but for the sake of comparison, please publish the light output in the light bulb industry-standard unit of measure, (Lumens). Thank you.
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Don't know re but, mine were 60w and they say on the box it equals 3 100w incandescent no lumens or any other info. I was skeptical;however, they seem to work just fine. I do replace bulbs with new and move used to lower output requirement uses each season since fluorescent lose power after a while. I think they work just fine and are identical to higher priced bulbs I have purchased.
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I'd say they're not quite as bright as a 60 W light bulb, but pretty close. You could definitely use a few of them to light up a small shed. Perhaps 1 would work, depending on the size of the shed. They're definitely way brighter than a regular flashlight.
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Alot depends on the size of the existing lamps (PAR38 100w?) and the height at which the fixture will be placed. Since it sounds as though this is for the function of the deck Vs just security I would go with a higher output. Haveing said that I would definetly reccommend LED for energy conservation and they attract "less" bugs. Good Luck
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I do operate (4) of these lights in my ceiling fan and have no issues. The room is a lot brighter than the Compact Flourescent bulbs they replaced. I have ordered over (30) bulbs, some do give a little buzz most don't. Im still pleased with the purchases.Randy
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Will work but reccomend instead a Cree LED bulb. I have both and feel the LED bulb is much much closer to the incandescent light output and is aesthetically more natural than the flourescent style bulb. Both are energy efficient and extreme long life.Check equivalent output carefully. 18W LED and Flourescent bulbs produce different amounts of equivalent outputs (something like 45 and 60 Watt incancescent equivalent). As bulbs fail I am replacing with either LED or Flourescent prefering the LED for hard to reach and replace areas--- supposedly longer life.
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I would say yes....these are really decent lights.Now i got some phillips that are twice the price for use in the in the kitchen and the are a little more brilliant.These replaced 40 watt incandesent bulbs in a bathroom fixture,and they are just a tic less bright but i really dont notice it.