We just put in a few of these 100 watt (equivalent) LEDs about 3 months
ago. Actual power usage is 18 watts for 1600 lumens. Not quite your $10
threshold, but darn close. They are dimmable, and a couple of them are
in dimmable fixtures. The color temperature starts at 2700K, and goes
down (redder) to 2200K as you dim them. Very similar to incandescent
performance.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Philips-100W-Equivalent-Soft-White-Household-A21-Dimmable-LED-with-Warm-Glow-Light-Effect-Light-Bulb-459107/206517167
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On 5/27/2017 9:38 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
we have replaced about 10 incandescent in the last year with ace
cheapos and Walmart cheapos, none failed yet. I have an outside light
at my front door that never lasts more than a month because the
vibration, I just put an led in in place of a rough service
incandescent that only lasted a couple weeks, hopefully since its all
solid state it will handle the shock.
I got so fed up with cfl failures, terrible output and breaks I got
pissed a few ago and bought a boatload of incandescent and threw the
cfl in the trash where they belonged, I was paying more replacing cfls
than I was saving in utility bills.
nothing beats a 100watt bright white incandescent though. If there is
one out there that has similar output for under 10 bucks a bulb id be
all about checking it out. I like massive light on my central fixtures
and dim ambient in the sconce and lamps
the Walmart cheap 60 watt leds are like 97 cents, claim 18 years, ill
be happy if I get two out of them, Id go through 3 incandescent or 5
cfl in that time anyway so its a wash in price and the combined
wattage decline puts it in the positive, beyond two years its like I'm
getting paid
