Exterior LED Floodlights

[Spudland_Dave]

Who would have thought i'd have such a hard time finding what I want..

What I'm looking for is a 3 head, 2000+ Lumen Exterior LED Floodlight...similar to this one I already bought:

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-25ecodZ5yc1vZ12l2/R-203303767/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&keyword=LED+Flood&storeId=10051
I got it and then plans changed...she doesnt want a motion light there...strictly a switch on/off type now. I DOUBT it being LED, I'd be able to tear into it and convert it...reading the manual it has no options for disabling motion or setting time to be anything longer then 30 mins.

Local elec supply house has these Lithonia 3 head Dusk to Dawn: http://lithonia.acuitybrands.com/securityled/securityled-home.aspx in stock, but they have a photo-cell...which is kinda fine...in theory I'd only use em in the dark , but the 1,636 Lumen figure seems kinda weak to me...the Home Depot one is 2200 Lumen. And I kinda like the rectangle housing better..

Anybody know of any straight up, ON/OFF type LED Floodlights? I'm "This" close to just forgetting about the LED thing and installing an old school Halogen for 1/3 the price...

 

[elguappo]

Why would the photocell turn you off?
You would only use the light when its dark, and if you don't want it on, turn it off at the switch.
I put a porch light with photocell in a few months ago, and its great just to leave the switch on, and never have to worry about coming home to a dark porch if we go out after work.

Oh, and do the math on how long it will take you to recoup the extra spend on the LED light, I doubt it will take that long.
100-150watts for the halogen vs 10-15 for the LED, for how many hours per day?

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Why would the photocell turn you off?
You would only use the light when its dark, and if you don't want it on, turn it off at the switch.
I put a porch light with photocell in a few months ago, and its great just to leave the switch on, and never have to worry about coming home to a dark porch if we go out after work.

Oh, and do the math on how long it will take you to recoup the extra spend on the LED light, I doubt it will take that long.
100-150watts for the halogen vs 10-15 for the LED, for how many hours per day?

Well, I'd really like to just have a simple On/Off light..I guess if the Lithonia one was 2500 lumens, I'd probably go with it and deal with the round housings.
We've got a 2 unit halogen on our attached garage and I dont know if it has 10 hours of use in 6 years on it...

 

[matouse3]

I bought this one: http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...rd=led+flood+light&storeId=10051#.UIBClm_aJNQ

It has a setting where you can deactivate the motion. I'd have to read the manual again, but it does have the option. It has something to do with flipping the power to it on/off or something.

Its plenty bright and I've been real happy with it.

 

[ixlr8]

Why don't you just bypass the motion sensor and direct wire the lights?

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Why don't you just bypass the motion sensor and direct wire the lights?

I didnt take the whole thing out of the box, nor did I take it all apart, but from my 30 second look over it looked like there were some transformers or what have you, which fed the light units. "Old School" lights It wouldnt have been a question.

Ended up I gave up on LED's completely...returned them and got a normal 2x150w Halogen light set...20 bucks and it does what I wanted.