[sudo-discuss] lighting options

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

Bummer! I noticed some comments that were complaining about the wattage as
well. One comment mentioned the 9W version is only 3W. I suspect many
people don't even bother checking the specs...

My 10W LED strips from Electronic Goldmine should get here by tomorrow -
hopefully we'll have a bit more luck with those. Did anyone else put in an
order as well? Unfortunately, they've now gone back up from their
1-day-sale price of $4 to their usual price of $14 a piece.

Patrik

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>       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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