Is anyone aware of any quality LED retrofit bulbs for a 120v 500watt halogen flood light similar to what you'd find in a work light? The bulb I'd like to replace is a 500T3Q/CL FCL. I tried to search, but didn't find anything.
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500watt Halogen to LED retrofit
- Thread starter DeeKay
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I was planning on doing the same and just replacing the whole housing. Unfortunately the way they installed this stupid thing won't allow it; the housing is mounted to RMC and then they welded a pipe support about 1/8" above the housing.
I think the T3 is just the tube diameter and the base is R7s?
The only thing I've been able to find is a 150W equivalent which might not be enough light for me.
I think the T3 is just the tube diameter and the base is R7s?
The only thing I've been able to find is a 150W equivalent which might not be enough light for me.
Kaizen
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I have the ones from Home Depot. 250 watt equivalent I believe. Not nearly as bright as halogen.
Bought some led floods at Lowe’s a year or so ago and very pleased. Not cheap but still going and nice and bright. Tried Amazon ones several times and was up changing the fixture every three months
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Bought some led floods at Lowe’s a year or so ago and very pleased. Not cheap but still going and nice and bright. Tried Amazon ones several times and was up changing the fixture every three months
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Kaizen
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Yeah, I might just have to live with a slightly dimmer light. The things been burnt out for the last year anyway so I guess anything is better than nothing.
I will say they seem to last longer. I run my lights dusk to dawn and halogens lasted about a year. These are at almost 2. My lights are 15 feet up so I remember every time I have to get up there [emoji13]
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I have used these as replacements for 500 Watt lights. I remove the old housing and wire in these new lights.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X42GGV8/?tag=atomicindus08-20
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X42GGV8/?tag=atomicindus08-20
I have used these as replacements for 500 Watt lights. I remove the old housing and wire in these new lights.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07X42GGV8/?tag=atomicindus08-20
That's my problem though, I can't remove the housing that's in there because it's mounted to RMC and has a support right above it so there's no room to unscrew the thing.
I already replaced all my other lights with these guys; https://www.mcmaster.com/14775K35/
BBE
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The corn cob bulbs aren't bad, depends on how much of a hurry you are in. It's certainly easier than converting the entire fixture
Sorry, no such thing.Is anyone aware of any quality LED retrofit bulbs for a 120v 500watt halogen flood light similar to what you'd find in a work light? The bulb I'd like to replace is a 500T3Q/CL FCL. I tried to search, but didn't find anything.
There are lower powered versions in LED, but they're pretty far away from a 500w halogen.
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exranger06
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Halogen tubes come in two different lengths: 78 mm and 118 mm. If your lights use the 118 mm bulbs, you can use these, which are supposedly equivalent to a 500W halogen: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GSP9JTG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I mistakenly bought two of these, since I thought my work light used 118 mm bulbs for some reason, when they're actually 78 mm. They looked and felt really impressive, but I don't know how bright they actually are, since I didn't have a fixture they could fit into and thus couldn't test them. I ended up returning them.
For 78 mm bulbs, the brightest ones I could find were the Feit ones Home Depot sells. They're about 800 lumens and supposedly equivalent to a 100W halogen. They're nice, but not as bright as the halogens I had, which I think were 250W.
I mistakenly bought two of these, since I thought my work light used 118 mm bulbs for some reason, when they're actually 78 mm. They looked and felt really impressive, but I don't know how bright they actually are, since I didn't have a fixture they could fit into and thus couldn't test them. I ended up returning them.
For 78 mm bulbs, the brightest ones I could find were the Feit ones Home Depot sells. They're about 800 lumens and supposedly equivalent to a 100W halogen. They're nice, but not as bright as the halogens I had, which I think were 250W.
Mine are the 118mm/4-5/8" so I ended up ordering one of these just to try it out, If it's not bright enough I'll just use it in a portable light and figure something else out.
https://ecom.sylvania.com/sylvaniab...20safari/537.36&browsermajor=5&browserminor=5
https://ecom.sylvania.com/sylvaniab...20safari/537.36&browsermajor=5&browserminor=5
toplessHO
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link doesnt work
I guess Sylvanias website is down, this is what I bought.
https://www.lightbulbs.com/product/sylvania-74677
I'll post up a picture tonight after it gets dark.
https://www.lightbulbs.com/product/sylvania-74677
I'll post up a picture tonight after it gets dark.