Converting from CFL to LED

[woody6904]

https://www.1000bulbs.com/product/8257/FC105-S50MOGOD.html

Been running this bulb in the shop for the last several years. Been great on light.

As these will eventually die, I would like to try and replace with LEDs. Can anybody direct me to which bulb style to look at that compares to these CFLs or maybe a better option that goes in a medium socket. Would like to stay at same lumens or more if possible. Lots of different options and I don't know where to start.

https://www.1000bulbs.com/category/led-light-bulbs/

 

[AirJunky]

I have been buying LEDs for the house a few at a time since January. The first few came from our local power company & look very much like the ones in your link... dimmable 60w bulbs that I installed in our kitchen. The first issue was a flicker that we noticed, very slight & only when dimmed a bit. Conveniently enough I had installed a Lutron dimmable switch in there a couple years ago. A quick Google search told me that the switch had a compatibility switch on the back of it, INC/CFL/LED. Once I switched it to LED, the flicker went away.
The next batch of LEDs came from Amazon, 25w & 40w, non-dimmable, for various lamps & bathroom fixtures. No issues at all.
The most recent batch came from Costco, 60w dimmable. After installing a few, my wife said she liked their color better than the ones in the kitchen. So I swapped out all 6 of the kitchen bulbs from the power company with the Costco bulbs. Then installed the swapped out bulbs in other places, including the garage & garage door openers, front of the house, porch & yard.

Somewhere in the middle of all this, we noticed the range on the garage door openers went way down. I have removed & turned off every bulb in the place with incandescents & never figured out if it was related. It only happens during certain times of the day, late afternoon/evening, when you have to be right next to the door for it to go up. And range is fine during other times, working while your clear over on the other side of the cul-de-sac. I've mentioned it to the neighbors to see if they have noticed anything. He said their range has gone down, but had not put his finger on any time frame yet. I'm not sure if it's related to the LEDs or not. And maybe it's not just my own LEDs, but the neighbors that are causing it. In the end, I bought the Garage Door Buddy app for the smart phones to control the garage door buddy. Range is as far as the internet will reach so it's proven to be a good work around, although a bit overkill.

 

[cybrdyke]

At 7000 lumens, I'd stay with the CFL's. (cant believe I'm saying that).
The reason is that the LED equivalents are a large corn cob style and they all generally ****. The corn cob technology is horrible in LED.
CD

 

[grizz_660]

Not sure if you have Philips down in the states, but I have had tremendous luck with Philips lighting products. HD sells Phillips up here. In buying LED lamps for the last 3 years, I have only ever had one issue with one particular light. It would randomly turn off by itself. Customer noticed it after maybe a month. I brought it back and exchanged it. Ive been converting my house as well, using only the Phillips brand. Highly recommended.

 

[four.cycle]

I am in the process of replacing every CFL in this house with LEDs after reading a few articles and noticing that the CFL bulbs do not have the "almost forever' lifespan they were originally claimed to have had.
Tacoma Public Utilities is providing them to local retailers at prices that allow them to sell at retail for 99 cents each for the common types, and $2.50 for the flood lights on the back porch.
Done with CFL here. Hassle to dispose of, and I don't trust them anymore.

just my two cents.

 

[woody6904]

I am in the process of replacing every CFL in this house with LEDs after reading a few articles and noticing that the CFL bulbs do not have the "almost forever' lifespan they were originally claimed to have had.
Tacoma Public Utilities is providing them to local retailers at prices that allow them to sell at retail for 99 cents each for the common types, and $2.50 for the flood lights on the back porch.
Done with CFL here. Hassle to dispose of, and I don't trust them anymore.

just my two cents.

I can't complain too much on the lifespan of these CFL's, in five years I have only had one bulb quit, called and they replaced it under warranty. Out of 12 bulbs that ain't too bad.

 

[woody6904]

At 7000 lumens, I'd stay with the CFL's. (cant believe I'm saying that).
The reason is that the LED equivalents are a large corn cob style and they all generally ****. The corn cob technology is horrible in LED.
CD

Good to know, that was a question I had in the back of my head, was wondering if there was even and LED bulbs that had the lumen count to compare to the CFLs. Don't have any issues with the current bulbs, and for the brightness and wattage usage I can't complain about em. Was just thinking as they went out to upgrade to LEDs.

 

[Denwood]

I've been testing out the GE Link LED bulbs. They are $14/each, 800 lumens, and CNET tested them at 90 CRI. Pretty sure these are my favorite lights ever. GE also has a 90watt equiv of the bulb in "bright white" which would be close to your existing CFLs.

After dealing with buzzing dimmers for the last 20 yrs, you can pretty much throw in a basic switch, and control these lights either from the switch, or using a Smarthings hub to dim/automate them etc. They dim 100% silently. Add in one of the Smarthings wireless motion sensors and you can turn dim/turn off etc. any combination of lights when for example no motion is detected for 10 minutes.

Having the zigby radio right in the bulb for $14 is pretty awesome. I have an ST contact sensor on our front door which turns on the entry lights when the door is opened, an turns them off 5 minutes later. If it's night, the system detects when my wife/kids have arrived home (using iOS geofencing) and turns the light on for her.

A hub and these lights are the ultimate answer to my kids/wife turning every light on wherever they go in the house. Because they can still control them 100% like a conventional light, it also passes the wife simple test. I just manage turning them off with a few simple Lighting automations in the iOS app

 

[cybrdyke]

I dont understand all these responses. The OP's lamp is a 105 watt CFL that delivers SEVEN THOUSAND lumens, not a standard 60w incandescent bulb.
Geesh.
CD