I managed to find some 12v replacements for the halogen recessed lights in our
kitchen. The light quality is much better, they use 1/5th of the power and
hopefully will last much longer. Those halogen bulbs were only good for 2-3
years each and are a real pain to replace.
-Curt
On Monday, June 28, 2021, 1:29:53 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
The best ones I've had are some "corn cob" bulbs I bought on Amazon a few
years ago. They came in unlabeled packaging so don't know what brand they are.
I have them in outside fixtures and so far they have held up. I don't buy from
Amazon anymore and have not been able to find those elsewhere locally, or I
would have them in the garage as well.
Indoor bulbs I have bought from Lowes. GE or Feit are the brands I've seen.
Just had to replace one in the laundry room the other day as it had developed a
strobe-light like flicker.
Bathroom has clear glass globe lights, I recently bought some GE LEDs to
replace those ($16 for 4 bulbs). They look more like incandescents, the LEDs
are in thin thread-like arrangements that look more like indandescent
filaments. We'll see how those hold up. They do kick off MUCH less heat than
the incandescent bulbs, which is something.
Allan
On Mon, Jun 28, 2021, at 1:17 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote:
> Maybe it’s the quality of the lamps you’re buying?
>
> I buy only name brand, like GE, and I’ve got a house full of them that are at
> least a couple years old or more. Have yet to replace one.
>
> I did have to replace one in an outside fixture, but it’s on roughly 8-12
> hours a day and it’s in an inverted position, which I suspect might have
> something to do with the failure, not to mention the temperature and climate
> extremes it’s exposed to.
>
> I gladly use LEDs over CFLs, as I hate having to wait for them to “warm up”.
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