BMWpowere36m3
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Hi there,
In the process of remodeling my house and I have a question on those LED retrofit lights/trims. I have a bunch of 5-6" cans in my house (~30-40). Currently I just have incandescent in them (no trim). By the time you buy trim and either PAR38 or CFLs bulbs the price rivals the LED retrofits.
We tried several of the retrofits at my parents house and the HALO brand ones worked the best, but also cost the most (at the time $40-50ea). They ended up using Commercial Electric brand ones, for $15 (subsidzed by power company), but they have a ~1sec delay before coming on (kind of annoying, to me at least).
Anyway, I hit HD over the weekend and now the HALO brand ones seem to be subsidized as well... still more expensive. However I found this one: RL560WH-R for $10 ea. I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and buy them all up now. The next step up is RL560WH6835R.
Their both 600 lumen, ~80CRI, and 3000-3500k. The cheaper one is 3000k, uses 9.4W (I bought one to try) and the other is 3500k, uses 7.x W(can't remember, but I remember looking at it in store). The cheaper one is $10 and the other is $20. Its a limited sale, so thoughts?
In the process of remodeling my house and I have a question on those LED retrofit lights/trims. I have a bunch of 5-6" cans in my house (~30-40). Currently I just have incandescent in them (no trim). By the time you buy trim and either PAR38 or CFLs bulbs the price rivals the LED retrofits.
We tried several of the retrofits at my parents house and the HALO brand ones worked the best, but also cost the most (at the time $40-50ea). They ended up using Commercial Electric brand ones, for $15 (subsidzed by power company), but they have a ~1sec delay before coming on (kind of annoying, to me at least).
Anyway, I hit HD over the weekend and now the HALO brand ones seem to be subsidized as well... still more expensive. However I found this one: RL560WH-R for $10 ea. I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and buy them all up now. The next step up is RL560WH6835R.
Their both 600 lumen, ~80CRI, and 3000-3500k. The cheaper one is 3000k, uses 9.4W (I bought one to try) and the other is 3500k, uses 7.x W(can't remember, but I remember looking at it in store). The cheaper one is $10 and the other is $20. Its a limited sale, so thoughts?