[sudo-discuss] lighting options

[Jake]

I received the lights linked below, and they were only 5.5 watts instead 
of "16-20 watts" so i opened a dispute and asked for 66% of my our money 
back.

Anyway, we now have eight highly directional LED lights, four warm and 
four cold, 5.5 watts each.

-jake

> On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 1:17 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>       I looked on Ali Express and sorted by customer satisfaction, looking for LED lighting in "downlights" which suggests
>       lamps shining downward?
>
>       these look good but the seller rating is only 97.4%:
>       http://www.aliexpress.com/item/High-Quality-Aluminum-9W-15W-21W-27W-45W-LED-Downlight-Ceiling-lights-lamp-AC85-265V-With/2027740342.html
>
>       they seem to be "16 to 21" watts for $6.95 including shipping.  They offer "warm" and "cold" flavors so we could just get a mix of the two kinds, for
>       something in the middle when they're all on.
>
>       here is the search i was doing:
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>       http://www.aliexpress.com/category/200002289/led-downlights.html?site=glo&isrefine=y&shipCountry=US&SortType=total_weight_score_desc
>
>       this one is also a good price, and the seller rating is higher (98.1%)
>       http://www.aliexpress.com/item/21W-Antifogging-Epistar-led-downlight-AC85-265V-Contains-the-drive-power-free-shipping/2047334906.html
>
>       ultimately i have higher confidence in the quality of something we buy from Cree at Home Despot, but I think we should give China a chance and buy a few
>       of the "16 to 21 watt" ones and see how they compare.
>
>       For reference, Cree (a reputable company) and other LED bulbs sold at Home Despot are called "60 watt replacement" bulbs while actually using 9 to 11
>       watts.  The light fixtures presently in Sudoroom and CCL each have two 75-watt flourescent bulbs, for a total of 900 watts of light in the bocce ball
>       room when they're all working.
>
>       That suggests that 150 watts of LED lighting would be equivalent, which would cost about $60 from the first aliexpress link i provided.
>
>       These lights just have wires coming out, so we would perhaps attach them onto the metal structures that are presently holding flourescent lights for
>       simplicity, until we come up with something better.
>
>       -jake
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