Recessed Lighting

[warrington]

can lights

I'm building a new house right now and put in (52) standard 6" can lights w/these LED inserts. 18 watts, 50K hour life, $14.48/ea.

how do they work

[warrington]

If your building new. What cans do you put them in, or do you put in a regular light buld outlet.

[be12hunt]

The kind I bought for our kitchen was the whole kit. I bought a hole saw for the right diameter. Then the light slips up through the bottom and "clamps" itself in. I chose to wire it from the attic after I got them in because it was winter and I had a good space to work in.
I had 10 done in about 4 hours and most of that time was measuring and marking where to put them.

[be12hunt]

[quote=solocam_aggie;11548424]

I have around 80 of these in my house. http://m.lowes.com/pd/Utilitech-2-Pa...6-in/999919852
They are the utilitech brand with the built in trim ring. Its removable and paintable. Have had them for over a year with no issues. They don't work well with dimmers, even the LED compatible dimmers.. They will flicker and give you a light show so I removed the dimmers after trying several different brands. Nothing like rolling a cart up to check out with 40 boxes of light bulbs and paying over $1k for them. I guess it'll pay for it's self one day.


See I guess that's what I am confused on too. Looks like you can buy just the bulb and covers seperate, or buy a complete unit like you posted??

How many were you trying to dim with one switch?
I have 10 on one switch and they dim with no problem. I could see if you get too few on one switch then it can't reduce the voltage enough.

[solocam_aggie]

If your building new. What cans do you put them in, or do you put in a regular light buld outlet.

These are what I used warrington

https://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Construction-Housing-Recessed-Lighting/dp/B0147CGNYI/ref=sr_1_1?s=lamps-light&ie=UTF8&qid=1470260949&sr=1-1&refinements=p_n_feature_twelve_browse-bin%3A5693058011

[Snakelover]

I bought four of these LEDs and installed them in recessed cans. Two of them have already burned out and it's only been 10 months.

[warrington]

cans

These are what I used warrington

https://www.amazon.com/Pieces-Constr...n%3A5693058011

so you bought the 6 pack of cans then put the retrofit leds in them



Isnt there ones that clip onto the sheet rock?

[solocam_aggie]

so you bought the 6 pack of cans then put the retrofit leds in them



Isnt there ones that clip onto the sheet rock?

Yeah those are remodel cans. If you are still in the construction phase I like the new construction cans better.

[gonehuntin68]

I buy them one at a time for that reason. Man they are bright though. When I switched the ones in our bathroom, I couldn't look at them for a couple of days, till they burned in good.

If your saying they are not as bright as they were when they were brand new then they are not built properly as is very common with LED lights made in China. LED lights need proper heat sinking and if they don't have it, not only will they dim while they are on, the LED will also be damaged a little every time they are used for more then a minute or two greatly reducing the life expectancy. These LED lights should be just as bright when you first turn them on as they are after being used for 20,000 hours at least to the human eye. If they aren't, I would buy a different brand.

[Tx625]

I just built a new house, Lowes had packs of three for 29.99, I bought three houses worth.