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EDGEMAN

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Discovered my outside light over the garage door needs replacement.


It was a "sodium" light, and I liked the color (2500-3000K?). The "dusk to dawn" feature failed where it was on 24/7, and now I see the housing is cracked. Would like to go LED this time, but almost every light I see on Amazon is 5000K (very white light). I have a ~5000K motion controlled floodlight on the back of the house, and I'm not "keen" on that color.

I would like a "dusk to dawn" LED that's fairly bright, but has a lower frequency than what I'm finding on Amazon. Would like it to good job illuminating my driveway, but not tick off my neighbors across the street. (I think the lower frequency light would do wonders keeping my neighbors happy...lol)

Recommendations?

Posted: 01/26/2018 at 3:01PM


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  Discovered my outside light over the garage door needs replacement. -- EDGEMAN 01/26/2018 3:01PM
  Question is "How many Edgemen does it take to change a light bulb ** -- DonHo-kieHi 01/26/2018 9:53PM
  Kudos for your consideration of your neighbors on this issue. ** -- Femoyer Hokie 01/26/2018 4:15PM
  The first ones I installed tilted, so... -- EDGEMAN 01/26/2018 4:34PM
  Check out CREE (I'm a stockholder). NC State scientists started the company -- Stork 01/26/2018 4:01PM
  Color temp chart -- EDGEMAN 01/26/2018 3:55PM
  Seems awfully counterintutive to call "warm" colors -- Tafkam Hokie 01/26/2018 11:16PM
  You could buy any regular 60/100W outdoor fixture and use LED bulb -- pburg_hokie 01/26/2018 3:32PM
  Here's link to PAR38 "flood light" bulb, 3000K -- pburg_hokie 01/26/2018 3:36PM
  Something like this? -- EDGEMAN 01/26/2018 4:27PM
  Should work but looks like you need to install your own dusk dawn sensor -- pburg_hokie 01/26/2018 4:52PM
  Or go with a programmable switch, as suggested by VTENGR ** -- EDGEMAN 01/26/2018 6:21PM
  ...and I ordered one. -- EDGEMAN 01/26/2018 7:01PM
  Not sure if this will work in your setup but what I did is replaced my -- VTENGR 01/26/2018 3:18PM
  I got an LED dusk to dawn bulb from Home Depot. But -- Hokie360 01/26/2018 3:09PM
  Maybe something like this: -- EDGEMAN 01/26/2018 3:15PM
  That has an integrated LED module, not an LED bulb. So you may need to -- Hokie360 01/26/2018 3:33PM
  Great suggestion! -- EDGEMAN 01/26/2018 4:03PM

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