CPC floodlight

[Dave Plowman (News)]

CPC have 30w LED floodlights on special offer at approx 17 quid.

Not that much info in the spec, though.

[Bill Wright]

I have two of these. The light is rather cold, but otherwise they're OK.

Bill

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Yes. But for floodlights, it probably doesn't matter too much. They just seemed cheap for a 30w one.

[Nick]

Any idea or guess what the *rough* equivalance of this to tungsten or discharge floodlights might be? I'm thinking

[Andrew Gabriel]

The LEDs are not good quality - low efficiency, poor colour rendering, too high (cold) colour temperature. I bought a 16W LED floodlight from Costco which was better in all those respects, including more light output than the 20W version of the one above. Also, the Costco one has a diffuser over the LEDs which makes it less painful if you catch it in your line of sight. (It was sold as a worklight - I removed the stand, and it's been mounted on a tree in my parents' garden for a couple of years.)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I wondered that too, since they don't give a figure for light output.

[alan_m]

Personally, I think the cold white light cuts through the gloom a lot better than the warmer colour temperature. The local council has a ongoing policy of renewing street lamps with LED and all seem to be of the cool (blue) white variety.

[ARW]

Which generally IMHO look crap.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I'm generally not too bothered for outside or street lighting etc. Especially as LEDs tend to be more efficient at the cool end of the spectrum.

Inside, for domestic lighting, a different matter. I want something close to halogen.

[Nick]

Thanks very much Chris, it is an interesting guide. Having read Andrew Gabriel's previous post, I will pass on these. Nick.