Oh man! I so wish these were “regular” style GU24 bulbs! I have a ceiling fan that uses GU24 CFL’s and I’ve looked for LED replacement bulbs, but they are, indeed expensive. This is a wonderful gift you’re giving away. I wish my lights could use them.
Yeah, I meant “regular” like Edison style screw-ins but with the GU24 base. What I have now is a light fixture that uses 4x CFL “twister” bulbs that have GU24 base. They are the size of a “regular” light bulb. What you have are what we call “can light” or “track” style bulbs.
My local home improvement store doesn’t carry any LED with GU24 base, only CFL. I looked online for them and I finally found some, but I didn’t have the funds to buy anyway. The bulbs you have (and even PAR30) would be way too big for my light fixture.
I received my box yesterday. Nice lights for sure. Well built, nice tint and cri. These will definitely light a room beautifully. Playing with all kind of ideas now how to best use them. Thank you again Ronin42. Very generous of you to give these lights away. :)
One of the lights is slated for exploration to creat a flashlight. Began disassembly. Has an interesting looking LED that I have not identified. Has a Vf of about 30vdc when operating in the light. Has a good number of dies. Reminds me of the MT-G2 in that regard. The design should make it easy to put on copper and direct wire without traces. If I do that, I will need secure the leads so that they can not be pulled and damage the emitter.
Yes, great idea! It reminds me of a Yuji COB engine but different board. I wonder who makes this LED? Does SORAA get involved at the phosphor level? A suitable boost regulator could drive this off a suitable power tool or lead-acid battery pretty easily.
Edit: although I’d have to be careful which power tool battery. One manufacturer of a 4AH dark-grey-and-orange battery containing 3S2P 20R cells didn’t see it necessary to include battery undervoltage cutoff in their BMS, ruined one that way:(…
To my lantern I’d probably add a second control channel (with buck regulator) that drove a (few) cheap Luxeon-I-knockoff 30,000K emitter(s) for when I’m out in the boonies and want to simulate being in an abandoned mansion lit by wan rays of moonlight spilling through the windows. But maybe that’s just me. (Even though moonlight is not even close to 30,000K!) Of course 30,000K at 90+ CRI would be even better!
Oh, I almost forgot. Of course there’d have to be a 3rd channel with 1900K 90+ CRI LEDs too!!!