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Is it normal for an LED bulb to become hot to the touch?
LEDs generate heat like any electrical device. That's why some have cooling fins. It takes longer and they don't get as hot, but they'll still sting skin if they've been on for a while.
Flickering is ...
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Is it normal for an LED bulb to become hot to the touch?
These bulbs will get hot to touch and the domed fixtures have always contributed to the heat because there's no where for the heat to go, unlike ceiling fan light fixtures and lamps with shades. When ...
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Are integrated LEDs a riskier purchase than screw-in bulbs?
TL;DR Rethink lighting. It isn't "bulbs" any more, it is an appliance.
The key is expected lifetime.
Do you know how long a major appliance, one that costs hundreds to thousands of dollars ...
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Are integrated LEDs a riskier purchase than screw-in bulbs?
Quite simply, check the warranty. And expect to pay more for a good warranty (the fixture it applies to may also be better made.)
The economics of integrated LEDs have to do with "one service ...
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Are integrated LEDs a riskier purchase than screw-in bulbs?
The major issue isn't even the cost or installation difficulty of replacing a single failed fixture. You also need to consider the availability of replacements.
If you have multiple fixtures of the ...
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Can you use a HID light bulb to illuminate a garage/workshop?
Sure you can. 'Low Bay' HID lighting fixtures are available. Since they are often noisy, they can flicker, and they're more expensive to run than LEDs you might even be able to find them used on your ...
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How can I estimate lumens needed for a workshop?
That's lot of decent questions. I'll go much quicker than I would to answer one, but hopefully I give you some starting points.
Do I go by lumens or foot-candles?
Go by lux on the work area, aim for ...
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Are integrated LEDs a riskier purchase than screw-in bulbs?
Many are actually repairable.
The one in my en suite is on its third power supply. That's mains powered, with the emitters on one board and an encapsulated power supply behind it. After the 2nd ...
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Installing lights in drop ceiling - do I really need multiple contractors?
I don't know about your skillset/interest, but this is a good diy project. You take down the old light. You figure out if you have enough wire to easily get to your first pot light. (If not, call an ...
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Installing lights in drop ceiling - do I really need multiple contractors?
This job could be done by a skilled handyman. Or a good DIY project as suggested by another answer here. It really depends on your current skillset. If you get one of those new flat recessed light ...
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Are integrated LEDs a riskier purchase than screw-in bulbs?
Welcome to the hell of led replacements.
There are three "levels" to go about it.
Level 1 - screw in bulbs.
They are simple drop-in replacement for regular bulbs. They are supposed to last ...
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Is it normal for an LED bulb to become hot to the touch?
Led bulbs typically fail because their electronics wear out, heat being a prime accelerator of this.
The bulb that was used was not very effective by modern standards at only 66 lm/W.
The same amount ...
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Installing lights in drop ceiling - do I really need multiple contractors?
Makes sense but in the wrong order.
Hire the electrician first. He or she can remove the old lights and rough-in the new ones.
After that, yes it's drywall and paint. And from the looks of your ...
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Can you use a HID light bulb to illuminate a garage/workshop?
Your specification calls for 80 - 100 foot candles.
But if you place one blindingly bright lamp in the middle of the workshop, then the area immediately below the lamp will be way above the required ...
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Can you use a HID light bulb to illuminate a garage/workshop?
You can also light your workshop with pitch torches. It'll have many downsides, but should go over well with the Dungeons & Dragons crowd (not so much your insurance company, though.)
Good LEDs ...
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Are integrated LEDs a riskier purchase than screw-in bulbs?
Answering based on the question and subsequent comments from OP.
Screw in bulbs are much lower risk, if you regard a light purchase from purely economic terms and with no aesthetic or other ...
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Can install a GFCI outlet with only two wires in an old house?
[Some details assume you are in North America. However, the general principles apply anywhere.]
If you previously had a switch and only two wires (not counted ground - green or bare), then no, you ...
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Are integrated LEDs a riskier purchase than screw-in bulbs?
There's a lot of variation within the category of integrated LED fixtures.
I have some integrated-LED fixtures at home which I installed 7 years ago and are still going strong. Inexpensive ($11), ...
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How can I estimate lumens needed for a workshop?
Answer to all the above is "yes", unfortunately. Simplest answers I found are a combination of:
Figure out what I'd do if lighting it adequately with other bulbs, look at how much light ...
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Can I use a universal power adapter for this old Ikea lamp?
If you can sort out what the voltage and current required are, sure. The label doen't seem to make any comment on that. Voltage essentially the same, current capacity same or greater, and AC or DC as ...
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Are integrated LEDs a riskier purchase than screw-in bulbs?
Yes.
Providing light is only one function. Appearance is also another, and fairly important, as is light quantity and character. If the fixture entire fails and must be replaced you have to find a ...
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Need helping finding light switch for chandeliers
The cycling is done through internal electronics that are designed with the chandelier.
A switch will only open or close the circuit. A dimmer will probably make the unit inoperable.
Your best bet is ...
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What kind of light fixture connector is this? What can I replace this with?
The orange connector upper most in the picture connects to an "Edison adapter", or a lead that screws into a standard bulb socket.
The other orange lead is to be connected to a battery back ...
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What kind of light fixture connector is this? What can I replace this with?
The orange plug goes into the orange socket. The light fitting plugs into the driver. They are a marched pair.
You can't necessarily mix and match. Your other fitting may not need a driver.
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How Can I Secure Outdoor Lightstrip on Balcony Railing Without Screws?
Automotive trim tape. It holds the letters and logos on your car in all weathers and temperatures. And at considerable wind speeds.
As usual with anything tape...
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How to trench building front facing elevation to run electric line for my new elevation/facade lights
From your comment that the new lights will be on the front of the building, I suggest drilling holes through the front of the building to the interior and wiring the new lights from the interior of ...
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Manufactured home - toggle to dimmer
Next time, take a picture of the wiring before disconnecting the old switch. Then you just wire up new to match old.
Since you don't know how the wires were connected previously, you need to figure ...
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Are integrated LEDs a riskier purchase than screw-in bulbs?
Yes, due possibility to upgrade.
Especially some early LED lights were really dim. I still have a couple of such desktop lights in my cellar. They work, but the amount of light they emit is really not ...
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How to trench building front facing elevation to run electric line for my new elevation/facade lights
Cheap and best way would be surface mount conduits.
I think you don't have any junction box in your building elevation to get connection from then in that case run Surface Mount Conduit and paint the ...
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Can I use a universal power adapter for this old Ikea lamp?
The adapter you show has an output of 12VDC and the specs for the adapter you listed as too expensive states 12VAC so it might not work the the lamp you have. Plus you'd have to change the low voltage ...
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