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Have you purchased and used the 100W+ versions? I have and they are hot to the touch
You and I are writing about different attributes.
You are referring to spots on the device that are hot.
I am referring to overall heat output. And, this is what is important in fixtures.
I was curious. I bought 100 watt equivalent, which are actually 15 watt. I've got 6 of them in my dining room. I turned them on and let them run.
The glass globe shades on the light are fairly small. I can touch those and they are barely warm and I don't think they would feel warm at all if I kept my house the same temperature as many folks do. So, at least the bulbs burn slightly warmer than 62 degrees.
I will let them run a couple more hours and check again. I can't touch the bulbs without going out to the garage and getting a ladder, but if they aren't heating the shades, they can't be getting very hot.
Maybe I will tun on the pendants. They have the exact same glass shade but 60 watt equivalent bulbs. I'll compare how warm they get.
I stuck with the warm white LED's when replacing. I just completed changing ALL bulbs in my house to LED. Sylvania makes a great warm white BR30 pot light bulb, the light is 2700K which is perfect for mimicking the soft incandescent glow. I use the 5000K Daylight LED for the garage and basement, I would never want those in my regular living space, to harsh and office like for that application. It makes all the decor and what not look off.
That being said, be sure you pickup the same brand as I have Cree soft white in one room that are more white than the Sylvania that I am swapping out soon enough. I'm a stickler for bulb continuity, and check your dimmers. Because an LED bulb is rated as "dimmable" most likely your dimmer switch on the wall is out of date and so you end up with a bulb that is either off, barely on or full brightness, there is no middle road. I noticed the difference in redoing our dining room and using LED candelabra on the chandelier with an LED dimmer, world of difference.
...........let them run a couple more hours and check again. I can't touch the bulbs without going out to the garage and getting a ladder, but if they aren't heating the shades, they can't be getting very hot.............
After three hours the 100 watt equivalent bulbs had heated up the glass shades by perhaps 1/2 a degree. Or maybe they were vaguely warmer because it is warmer up by the ceiling. The lower wattage LED's had shades room temperature, but they are noticeably lower in the room.
Unscientific conclusion: if the 100 watt equivalent bulbs are heating up, it's not by much. I would not be expecting them to burst into flames and set the ceiling on fire.
led's dissipate heat at the heat sinks in the base . the glass will always feel cool but there is a fair amount of heat being given off .not as much as incandescent but far more than the glass surface would make you think
I wish they made more of them that are 3500K, which is more like a halogen bulb. I can't stand those 5000K "daylight" bulbs, they are too blue and unnatural looking.
I wish they made more of them that are 3500K, which is more like a halogen bulb. I can't stand those 5000K "daylight" bulbs, they are too blue and unnatural looking.
I only use the daylight bulbs in the laundry room, garage door openers and exterior garage fixtures.
I wonder if the daylight bulbs are good for grey weather areas of the country where some people suffer from SAD.
There are SAD lamps with bulbs that radiate light from the specific spectrum needed to treat those who are afflicted.
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