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What are the pros and cons of LED lighting for home use?
I'm interested in installing LED lights in my home, and I'm having a dilemma between buying LED bulbs and rolling my own solution. I have some questions on how to DIY:
How efficient is it?
Single ...
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What do I need to install LED strip lighting?
I've been looking to install LED strips, either RGB or white for lighting and ambiance. It wouldn't be the main lighting of the room, so no necessity for high power LEDs.
The perimeter of the room is ...
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Is an LED light strip safe to use under a bed?
I see a lot of RGB LED light strips being sold on sites like Amazon etc. The lights appear to be of decent quality, run off of 12V but do need up to 5-6 Amps to power. This is a lot of current, so ...
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What exactly is a PAR type LED lamp, how does it differ from R/BR type LED & CFL lamps?
I am in the process of replacing my incandescent bulbs with more efficient alternatives. My home is about 14 years old, I've owned it for a little over three years. It seems most of the bulbs that it ...
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How to find LED Christmas lights that look more like traditional incandescent bulbs?
We just bought some LED Christmas lights that are labeled 'warm white', but when we hook them up they look ugly in the light they emit and seem very blue in their color to me. The specific kind I got ...
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Can I use an LED bulb in a 3-Way fixture?
Is it possible to use an LED bulb in a 3-way light fixture? Will all three work?
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What are the pros and cons of LED vs CFL vs incandescent bulbs for outdoor lighting?
I'm planning to install some light on my balcony and was just wondering what would be the best choice of lamp.
I live in a relatively cold climate, and the current temperature at night is around ...
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What about a light switch in the closet?
Okay you guys I have next question. And like all good questions this one begins with a story.
I was reading the post about a nick in a wire and read a couple of you mention that light switch in a ...
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How can I mount an 12V transformer for LED lighting inside a wall?
The stairs to my basement has one light fixture at the bottom, and that casts a shadow on the rest of the stairs. I want to run a strip of LED lights up the crown molding or on top of the upstairs ...
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Does the Lutron Maestro C.L Dimmer Exist?
Lutron offers a family of "C•L" model dimmers (for use with dimmable CFL/LEDs) which includes the Maestro product line: ...
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Replacing Halogen with LED bulbs
I've just purchased some 12V LED MR-16 bulbs, intending to use them to replace the existing 12V Halogen MR-16 bulbs in my bathroom. I have found, much to my chagrin, that the LED bulbs seem to have ...
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How can I light picture frames from the floor?
I would like to light up three picture frames with something from the floor. They will be behind a sofa so we wouldn't see them and the picture frames are about at 1.5 meter above the ground.
I have ...
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What kind of light can I install in a small, low-ceiling coat closet?
Our Northern California house has a small coat closet (really a hallway with 2 doors and hooks for coats) between our front entry-way and our basement. It's a tiny space: 3 feet wide, 5 feet deep, and ...
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What are my options for replacing 50W GU10 lightbulbs?
I've been looking at replacing 50W GU10 halogen lightbulbs for something more energy efficient.
Some people say that LEDs cannot give you the same light (even 10W LEDs), and to use 11W CFL instead, ...
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How to wire MR16 LED lights?
I am building a wall cabinet with downlights in the shelves, for which I would like to use MR16 LEDs. However, my first attempt was obviously deficient, since two of the LEDs blew. I'd appreciate some ...
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What can I do to avoid incandescent bulbs for my 3-bulb ceiling fan, yet maintain brightness?
My ceiling fan takes 3 candelabra (E12) base bulbs for lighting. The bulb slots are labeled 75W - 125V. The fan light is dimmable and I currently use 3 60w incandescent flame tips.
I plan to ...
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What is a good PWM driver for LED lighting?
I am looking at lighting options for my new flat. I'm looking for any recommendations and suggestions for the components to power and control the LEDs.
If we consider the main room (i.e. the open ...
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How to reduce brightness of recessed LED?
I have recessed LED in the bathroom which is way too bright. LED is dimmable
but I can't put regular dimmer in front of it since it has small switch shared with two other switches. Neither I need ...
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How can I dim LED Christmas lights?
I bought two different strings of LED lights of the same brand to replace my old lights with LEDs. Big multi-colored C9 bulbs with dangling white icicle strands of T1 bulbs.
The problem is that the ...
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How can I replace failing ballasts in recessed CFL housings if I don't have access to the attic?
I have a set of recessed CFL (4-pin) lights and a few of the ballasts are failing (CFLs fail to start randomly, even after replacing them with new sets).
They are NHPSIC-626ELAT, CFL (4-pin) ...
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How can I convert my under cabinet lighting from halogen to LED?
Our kitchen has under-cabinet lighting that uses halogen 20 watt G8 socket bulbs. With 15 bulbs in the kitchen that is 300 watts. I'd prefer to replace them with 3 watt LED bulbs.
I've been ...
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What type of centralized home control hardware is available?
I recently got excited about the idea of creating a web software to run locally for my home that could be accessed via computer, smart phone, or tablet, which would give me complete control over most ...
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What does that mean if my LED light bulb starts blinking when I turned it on?
I have an LED light bulb: Philips 60W incandescent equivalent
I've owned it for about a year and have been very happy with it. This morning when I turned it on, it started blinking. Not flickering, ...
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Why do my LED lights flash on cold start?
Whenever I flip on my dimmer switch, all four dimmable LED lamps flash on in unison, blink off, and then come on at the selected dim level. This happens even with the dimmer slider maxed out, so it's ...
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LED undercabinet lights but 240v inputs
I have replaced a run of halogen under cabinet lights with 1w lights running of an LED driver.
This string of LEDs goes under a run of wall cabinets over a worksurface.
I have two smaller ...
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What do I need to do to change from Halogen to LED?
I want to update a few rooms in my house from halogen to LED light. The fittings I already have are for the MR 16 style (2 pins). Having the ability to dim the lights is not important.
I found ...
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How can I tell what dimmer switch to use with LED lights?
I replaced the halogen GU10 bulbs in my kitchen with LED bulbs... I'm really pleased with the results but as the bulbs I bought are dimmable, how do I know what dimmer switch I can use?
I did try ...
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Will a non-dimmable LED work if the dimmer switch is on full?
If a dimmer switch is fitted for the room but we get non-dimmable LED lamps (GU10), I know there may be flickering problems with dimming, but will they work fine if the dimmer is turned to max?
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What is the simplest way to create custom decorative LED-lighting?
I have always wanted to build decorative lamps with LEDs (application example: imagine a model boat with Xmas lights).
Is there a way (commercial, or custom-built) to power several LEDs, so that:
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What new technology replacements are available for incandescent globe light bulbs for the bathroom vanity light?
I have a bathroom vanity light fixture with a row of exposed globe light bulbs. They had been burning up recently, and I was wondering if there are reliable CFL or LED globe bulbs available as a ...
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How do I best display LED strips so the bulbs are hidden from sight?
I want to put this LED strip in my room, which is a box shaped room with white walls.
I am sure I am supposed to hide the LED strip lighting, but I am at a loss on how to make a suitable coving or ...
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Where can I find LED indoor floodlights?
Where can I find LED Indoor Floodlights? I have recessed lighting and one of the lights over a nook in my house gets the person hot who sits under the light for too long - plus LED is more energy ...
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Why doesn't this LED strip work, even though the power supply seams appropriate?
I recently bought a 3528 SMD Flexible LED Strip, 300 LED for 5 M.
The Power Supply I have output 12V and 3A.
From what I found online, this seams okay, but it doesn't work. I managed to light them ...
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Is the light quality of halogen/LED low-voltage recessed light actually better than an equivalent line voltage light?
When it comes to deciding whether to go with low voltage or line voltage, a number of sites are in essence saying: your initial installation cost for low voltage will be higher, but you'll get a nicer ...
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How can I prevent these LEDs from blinking when turned off?
In a block of units we installed 240v EARTHED downlights. I believe the neutral maybe 2-3volts above earth causing the lights to flash when turned off. The fittings are provided with earth connection ...
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How can I get High-CRI lighting for a small room?
I plan to replace a CFL lighting fixture in a small room (10' x 15'), due to its being too dim and giving less-than-perfect light.
I'd like to install something that would give me 3500K light with ...
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Need LED lighting suggestions for a hobby spray booth
I am writing the plans to build a small indoor hobby spray booth largely used for aerosol acrylics and acrylic airbrush but possibly some aerosol enamels at times. I am using a range hood which ...
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Energy efficient a-15 light bulbs for rangehoods [closed]
title says it. I have been searching for answers and more importantly bulbs all morning with no luck.
I have a preference for leds but i really have no clue how or where to find an led bulb the fits ...
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LED lightbulb for outdoor, enclosed, timer-controlled porch light? [closed]
Can anyone recommend a reliable LED A19 lightbulb (60W equivalent) that can work when ALL of the following are true?
Installed outdoors, but not exposed to moisture
Inside a fully enclosed porch ...
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Where can I buy high transmission light diffuser [closed]
I keep hearing about these great high transmission light diffuser that came out to improve led lighting. For instance the Makrolon materials (Makrolon LED2643) or FusionOptix diffusers. But where can ...
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LED bulb size for recessed kitchen lighting [closed]
I have five recessed lights in my kitchen where the bulbs are size BR-38 (or maybe PAR-38 not sure of the difference). Two of them burned out so I'd like to switch to LED bulbs.
I can't find any ...
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Where can I find Non-ugly ceiling mounted CFL or LED lamp holders? [closed]
I've got a small space I'd like to illuminate using a low-profile, ceiling-mounted fixture like these from Leviton. But those are incredibly ugly—not something I'd want to install anywhere except a ...
