Anyone had long term experience with this brand?
Homebase (I know...) have a decent deal on candle format dimmables and the dimming seems to work with a non "low power" ordinary dimmer quite happily.
The box says "Nichia" which is good (good like Cree) being an excellent manufacturer or power LED modules.
So all points to them being quite long lived. Just wondered if anyone had any bad experiences?
I bought several of the 810 lumen ( approx 60W equiv.) GLS type. The only problem as far as I am concerned is the colour. They say 'warm white' on the carton, this being stated as 3000K. It is a little on the blue side of comfortable and would have preferred 2700K.
Andy
I did notice against their incandescent siblings in the same fitting, they were a good deal cooler. But they seemed OK for our purposes (living room). Just wanted to check it out before committing to a chandelier's worth :)
I am still looking for a SES fitting lamp that is dimmable, can manage a real 60W equivalent light output, and will actually shed some light down and to the side used in a cap down configuration. Seem to be a difficult combination to find.
You're looking for a 7 or 8 watt LED which is a rare beast. CPC have some which are 5 watt.
Yes - the TCP candle is also 5W - I have not seen any more powerful in that form factor.
When somebodyI know mentioned the blueness to a shop, the assistant came up with the line. Yes sir they are nearly always a bit blue but they burn in after a few hours and this is normal.. I am sceptical. This would mean that the blue leds lose power over time, which I doubt is true! Brian
Yep - it's rubbish...
"Don't worry about the sleeves Sir. They'll ride up with wear."
Mr Lucas in "Are You Being Served"
Do they have antiseptic properties?
Owain
A 5W golf-ball type I got from LED Hut at the beginning of last year had a hideous green cast, so bad that I lobbed it on a shelf and forgot about it. Later on I pressed it into use for a non-important area, and forgot about it. Several weeks of intermittent useage later, it occurred to me it was now showing properly white, the green having all gone.
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