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[*] posted on 5-11-2012 at 10:24 PM


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By the way, while on the 12 volt subject.

There are two brightness levels: cool white and warm white. I used cool white for reading areas and warm white for ambient lighting. The bulbs were all 15 LED puck lights that replaced the G4 incandescent bulbs.



I still have 15 interior recessed lights to buy PAR20 LED bulbs for and (at a cost of $450 investment for these dimmable bulbs) I've been stalling because i can't decide whether to buy Earth LEDs "warm" or "cool".

I've never seen PAR LEDs in person and the online photos which show the difference between the light quality of the 2 varies widely. Some label their bulbs "warm" between 2800-4000 kelvin and some "cool" range from 4000-6000 K. That's a wide range within each category.

The photos of Some "warm" bulbs are way too yellow for my taste, and some of the "cool" bulbs remind me of morgue lighting. I'd like to find a bulb that's similar to the light quality of a PAR halogen- crisp white but not cold blue.

A 30 day return policy from a US merchant doesn't do much good after we return to Mexico so I've got pressure to shop wisely so the bulbs don't end up on ebay or cluttering our garage like some of my other poor choices:no:

Someday I'd like to switch out the fixtures or bulbs in our trailer and camper and I'll check out superbrightled again. thanks


just to solidify your choice, there seems to be no other choice than to buy one of each, and test it on your chubasco patio.

that would seem to be the only real world experiment that would hold water. your cost is minimal and you would be able to add to the haze here.... you seem to have enuf time to get some real data....




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[*] posted on 5-13-2012 at 07:35 AM


Currently at Costco in Cabo San Lucas they are selling 11 watt (75 watt equivalent) par 20 LED's, they are very high quality, (Cree emitters) very bright and a really nice spectrum of light. I have two of them and am really happy with the light they put out. I think they were about 450 pesos each. Also, I was at the Home Depot and they had the full suite of Phillips LED bulbs, mr16, gu10, par 20, etc.
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[*] posted on 5-13-2012 at 12:32 PM


I also was a skeptic with the brightness of each bulb. Plus I bought some that are available at Lowes.
My investment was about $40.00 just to find out that I really liked the way the super bright LED's shined.
The cool white was fairly bright, and the warm white was mostly white with a yellowish tint which gave a nice ambient lighting. I read up on many RV forums before I decided on which to buy.



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Originally posted by oladulce
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Originally posted by Udo
By the way, while on the 12 volt subject.

There are two brightness levels: cool white and warm white. I used cool white for reading areas and warm white for ambient lighting. The bulbs were all 15 LED puck lights that replaced the G4 incandescent bulbs.



I still have 15 interior recessed lights to buy PAR20 LED bulbs for and (at a cost of $450 investment for these dimmable bulbs) I've been stalling because i can't decide whether to buy Earth LEDs "warm" or "cool".

I've never seen PAR LEDs in person and the online photos which show the difference between the light quality of the 2 varies widely. Some label their bulbs "warm" between 2800-4000 kelvin and some "cool" range from 4000-6000 K. That's a wide range within each category.

The photos of Some "warm" bulbs are way too yellow for my taste, and some of the "cool" bulbs remind me of morgue lighting. I'd like to find a bulb that's similar to the light quality of a PAR halogen- crisp white but not cold blue.

A 30 day return policy from a US merchant doesn't do much good after we return to Mexico so I've got pressure to shop wisely so the bulbs don't end up on ebay or cluttering our garage like some of my other poor choices:no:

Someday I'd like to switch out the fixtures or bulbs in our trailer and camper and I'll check out superbrightled again. thanks




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[*] posted on 5-13-2012 at 12:47 PM
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