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Old 03-20-2016, 05:36 AM
 
Location: Where there is too much snow!
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FYI: Many companies -- many prices - many styles to choose from... 1 of many..
https://www.adafruit.com/category/16...huDRoCv3Lw_wcB
I looked at that site, not what I'm trying to find. Sorry. But I'm seeking out something more for lighting up hallways.
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Old 03-20-2016, 10:57 AM
 
Location: WMHT
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OK........So can anyone tell me if they make any LED strip lights that about 25 ft long, really bright and are good for dark hallways? I've done the outside, now I need to light up the inside by attaching them to the ceilings
That is an unusual approach to lighting up hallways. At my old place I had LED light strips attached at the floor moulding to light up your path, but not on the ceiling.

Are you looking for "LED Tape Light"? or some other form-factor?

A sort of standard size of color or whit e LEDs embedded in a tape strip such that you can apply power at one end and light up the entire strip, and firms make a plastic or aluminum channel and diffusor to even out the light. You usually see these used as a 5 foot strip under a counter, not a 25 foot strip the length of a hallway -- the tapes are available in rolls that long, but would get expensive, fast once you add the channel and lens...
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Old 03-20-2016, 04:32 PM
 
Location: Where there is too much snow!
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That is an unusual approach to lighting up hallways. At my old place I had LED light strips attached at the floor moulding to light up your path, but not on the ceiling.

Are you looking for "LED Tape Light"? or some other form-factor?

A sort of standard size of color or whit e LEDs embedded in a tape strip such that you can apply power at one end and light up the entire strip, and firms make a plastic or aluminum channel and diffusor to even out the light. You usually see these used as a 5 foot strip under a counter, not a 25 foot strip the length of a hallway -- the tapes are available in rolls that long, but would get expensive, fast once you add the channel and lens...
I have a mini storage and too often the bulbs in the halls get hit by moving furniture and the LED strips may solve that problem for me.
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Old 04-17-2016, 07:43 AM
 
Location: Where there is too much snow!
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Talking LED is for ME

Wow guys, just installed our new 6650 lume security yard lights yesterday and wow what a difference. Bright, clean, low profiled and it cast out light well past where the old sodium lights quit. So happy we found these on line and didn't have to go too HomeDepot or Lowes paid out the wazoo for them.

Tomorrow I'm planning on ordering the last four lights I need to complete the whole outside yard lighting and plan on adding one more. 70,000 hrs of life to them mean no changing of the bulbs for years to come and that's fine with me. Nor to forget if someone comes along wanting to buy the company from us it will be a great selling point.
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Old 04-17-2016, 09:00 AM
 
Location: Floribama
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Wow guys, just installed our new 6650 lume security yard lights yesterday and wow what a difference. Bright, clean, low profiled and it cast out light well past where the old sodium lights quit. So happy we found these on line and didn't have to go too HomeDepot or Lowes paid out the wazoo for them.

Tomorrow I'm planning on ordering the last four lights I need to complete the whole outside yard lighting and plan on adding one more. 70,000 hrs of life to them mean no changing of the bulbs for years to come and that's fine with me. Nor to forget if someone comes along wanting to buy the company from us it will be a great selling point.
I bought this one at Sam's ....

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/led-sec...a=prod12250342

It does great at lighting up the exterior of my detached garage.
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Old 04-17-2016, 11:31 AM
 
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I bought this one at Sam's ....

Honeywell Galvanized LED Barn Light - Sam's Club

It does great at lighting up the exterior of my detached garage.
I saw those when I was last in Sam's, but they just didn't have the coverage I was looking for.
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Old 04-17-2016, 07:29 PM
 
Location: WMHT
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Wow guys, just installed our new 6650 lume security yard lights yesterday and wow what a difference.
SO which LED yard lights did you go with? Bulbs or complete replacement units?
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Old 04-18-2016, 04:57 PM
 
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SO which LED yard lights did you go with? Bulbs or complete replacement units?
A complete replacement unit. We get some pretty high winds here were we live and the old sodium yard lights were always getting damaged by them. So I figured that since they had a 75.000 hour life expectancy to them, they'd be around long after me and would be a great selling point when decide to sell and retire.
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