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What can i replace this light fixture with?

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chrispyny

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I have this light fixture in the two front corners of my home. each bulb points down and forwards, and down and backwards .. so when i want to illuminate the majority of my lawn at night for security reasons, i just flip a switch and each of the 100+ watt incandescent bulbs and floor my property.
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I just had my roof done, and the soffit replaced. The previous owner painted the house and painted over the soffit vents. So when i had my roof done, i had a ridge vent added for the first time in the houses life, and had the roofers replace the old painted over aluminum soffit with new vinyl vented soffit.

The workers knocked out one bulb. The bulb must have hit the ground and it's dead. No problem right? Quick trip to the store for a new bulb right?

What if i don't WANT to replace the bulb on that **** fixture? What if i want to replace the ENTIRE FIXTURE?

I googled some ideas but found nothing that both provides BRIGHT LED flood light, and broadcasts in both directions to continue to offer me the option to flood my property from all sides with light.

Since some of you guys are lighting pro's, what options do i have?

Requirements:

1. Must be able to be installed in a j box fashion like the old ones are now, or easily switched over to do so.
2. LED is a must, i want efficiency in my whole house. These two fixtures are some of the last on the house that are NOT LED.
3. Must broadcast in front and back.
4. I would prefer they be as bright or BRIGHTER than what i have now.

THANKS guys! Dunno what i would do without this place!
 
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Sharpest

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I have several soffit lights around my house that point two directions and have 250 watt work light bulbs. They are bright as **** but the bulbs don't last very long compared to what you have already. I've seen LED bulb inserts for the work lights before so it can be made to work, it will just be expensive.
 
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jdkenyon

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I had a light fixture with similar needs. Most of the LED fixtures I found were tied to a motion sensor and I only wanted it wired to a switch. Browsing Costco a couple weeks ago I found another fixture like that with the motion sensor but took a chance and bought it. Brought it home and with a quick rewire did away with the motion sensor. Now I have a bright LED fixture on a switch that can be aimed at my yard.
 
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gungatim

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not sure what the problem is, just go get a base, and a couple separate housings. knock out whichever holes you need on the base and screw in the housings, just like the original builder did. you don't really buy those as a unit, you buy the pieces and put them together as needed, unless you buy a motion sensor setup which is just the same thing but with a sensor added in one location (and usually cheap plastic).

there's a section in the box stores with grey aluminum exterior electrical supplies, that is where you will find them, boxes, covers, light fixtures, etc. all weather sealed with gaskets.
 
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CJ7VFR

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Why do you say your old fixtures are ****? They don't look like **** in your picture.

The cheapest thing you can do is just buy some LED outdoor PAR38 spotlight bulbs to replace the old incandescent ones you have now.

There is no need to replace your old fixtures if they are still in good shape. You can get the LED bulbs at Home Depot or any other big box store for prices that start around $6.00 each.

That is another option versus spending more money on new fixtures that come with the bulbs if your current fixtures are ok.

Jim
 
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