Ability to heat sink well does nothing to reduce the total heat emitted; it only allows the bulb to shed that heat more efficiently. Given all else being the same the total heat seen by the fixture will therefore be the same either way.
It is entirely safe to use an LED bulb with the same output equivalency rating in an Incan fixture, although enclosed fixtures may reduce LED bulb life considerably. Incans can withstand almost any sane level of heat but LEDâs may not like the same situation. But for this kind of price theyâre worth a shot!
They may actually last longer than 1.8 years. Remember I proved, at least to myself, that the 2 pack of bulbs at 2 for $3.98 are the same exact bulb inside and out and yet they are rated at 4.57 years.
BTW, make no mistake, that is 4.57 years. Not 4.56 or 4.58.
That just reminds me that I should take all of that stuff with a grain of salt
As to my post #154 where a massive heat sink version of the 1100 Lumen bulb had the same exact lifetime as a version with no heatsink just shows that a lot of these printed specks are just a âcopy and pasteâ
In another thread Found: $1 LED light bulbs at Dollar Tree I made a passing inference to this with this picture. 3 manufacturers of 3 different 40W equivalent bulbs, Osram, CREE and Greenlite. All three packages had the same EXACT specs.
450 Lumens
72 cents yearly operating expenses
22.8 years service life
6 watts.
That is not a coincidence, itâs âcopy and pasteâ
Weâll probably be going to Loweâs today to get a GE ground bar kit because HD doesnât sell them in stores⌠so maybe Iâll find those 99¢ illuminators.
Went to do some plumbing work on a good friends house across town today. Parts were to come from Lowes so as we hit the door I mentioned the $0.99 lights and how weâd missed them (Iâve been sick a couple days, much better now). Then two displays chock full of them appear right at the front of the store :bigsmile: Another guy was looking at them as I explained Dchomakâs tear-down with these being the same as the âbetterâ ones. I didnât need many so I got 2, my friend got about a dozen as did the guy looking at the lights who joined our conversation.
Oh, and the plumbing went smooth needing only one extra trip to get a copper fitting I was going to reuse but couldnât unscrew from the old regulator. 3 wins for me today, quite a lucky day indeed!
LOL,
I started reading your post and when I got to the end of the second line I realized it didnât rhyme. Thatâs when I had to start all over again
An advantage of the 99 cents bulb is that they a very light weight. There are certain fixtures that I have that donât like heavy bulbs.
Several of the Lowes around here is clearing things out. What they clear varies by store, or least WHEN they clear does. Here are some pics
Canât read that? Price is 45 cents for CAT6 cables, 7â long. They also had 14â long CAT6 for 85 cents
The regular price was $8.98 and $16.98
I also found 2 spools of CAT5e cable at $3.75 each
OMG OMG OMG! GREEN WIRE CONNECTORS! :heart_eyes:
They are very useful and make any electrical box much tidier. Unfortunately they are always expensive.
Too bad the nearest Loweâs is a little too far awayâŚ
I wonder how long those prices will be around. Maybe theyâll survive until we are able to go to Loweâs.
I like the feed-through greenies with a hole in the center- they really make for a tidier box.
USA NEC now requires either a green wire-nut or a mechanical crimp sleeve tying all the grounds together in boxes with a single wire going to the switch or outlet ground terminal. An added non-feedthrough pigtail wire may go over the limit for wires allowed in that box while the feedthrough wire-nut wonât.
With a green grounding wire connector, in a box where you have a cable in and cable out (line and load) and a metal box and a device, you can ground everything with no extra pigtails. Just wrap one wire around the ground screw of the box, and then connect it to the other wire with the other wire going through the connector to the device. You actually only connect two wires but it does the same thing as having two pigtails therefore four wires.
Some deals I saw at Lowes. Mostly stuff I needed to rewire the lights on my trailer.
These are incans, but I could plug in LEDs later
These were 7.98, then 3.99, then 1.98 and then I came along. Got it for $1.58
This is the water proof mounting hardware for the trailer connectors.
Black electrical tape would be handy for taping up connections. 30 cents a roll is a steal!
Needed some tiedowns for stringing the wires under the trailer
In case those werenât big enough, I got some of these. They are HUGE
3 inch convex mirror to see around all that stuff Iâll be dragging behind me.
Then a couple of months ago, Lowes cleared out a lot of sockets for cheap. So cheap at first that they changed their mind and raised the price a bit. Well alot of that stuff didnât sell at that higher price. Here is a box full of what was left and priced at 25 cents per item.
Here is what I picked out for myself. 25 cents each!
Swivel sockets, claw feet and a 3â 1/4 inch extention
Just some stuff I found walking around Lowes.
BTW, most of this stuff I have no use for, Iâll buy anything IF itâs cheap enough. And the other day I was thinkingâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚ Because I usually buy stuff I need at really really good prices, I can afford to buy stuff I donât need at really really good prices. :laughing:
Filament bulbs of all types. I did NOT buy any of these
These are back on sale. This was the last day though, they are no longer available at that price.
A few of the Utilitech lights are on clearance at some stores. 3C 500 lumen $8.00, 9AA 1000 lumen $10.00.
Got a chance to mess with these today. The 3C 500 lumen is pretty nice and the build quality is much nicer then any of my Defiants. Great deal for under 8 bucks!!! I would pass on the 9AA 1000 lumen triple model but itâs still decent for only 10 bucks.
$8 is a great price for a 3C 500 Lumen light. I never paid attention to that light because it was $29.95! crazy high.
I just used my Lowes app while at home to check the price in MY local store.
Here is another store across the river
Here is another local store
Then I checked 2 stores one in Ohio and 1 in PA near where I just spent the last 2 weeks
Ohio, $7.49!
Erie, PA $13.49
Then thinking of PA, I checked the store GarryBunk goes to.
No wonder he is always complaining that he canât get no deals.
Does LOWES have a designated âClearanceâ area like HD does?
My local HD has two such areas with a big yellow CLEARANCE banner over it. When I went to my local LOWES and walked around for a bit, I didnât see one.
All I was able to find at LOWES is scattered yellow tags here and there.
They donât seem to have permanent areas for clearance items as Home Depot does. In my local stores there will sometimes be rolling carts in the front isle or rear isle with clearance items. Then there is usually yellow clearance stickers throughout the store on items that are on clearance. Lowes doesnât follow as strict a formula for discounting as HD. But sometimes they have stuff for 5 or 10 cents on the dollar.
