[sudo-discuss] lighting options

[Candace Lazarou]

I can definitely pitch in as well
On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:18 PM Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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