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Thread Number: 72899
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LED Replacement Christmas Bulbs |
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Post# 963187 10/18/2017 at 15:56 (2,380 days old) by Ultramatic  (New York City) |
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C9 specifically. The Christmas season is around the corner and I'm finally replacing all of my exterior lights with LED C9 bulbs. Lighting gurus, just how bright are SMD 3 diode LED C9 bulbs compared to the traditional 5 diode LED bulbs? I need to make a decision soon so I can place an order.
Reg 5 diode C9:
SMD 3 diode C9:
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Post# 963315 , Reply# 2 10/19/2017 at 06:39 (2,379 days old) by Jmm63 (Denville, NJ) |
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Post# 963330 , Reply# 3 10/19/2017 at 08:38 (2,379 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 963335 , Reply# 4 10/19/2017 at 08:59 (2,379 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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There is a good video on this | ||
| Post# 963339 , Reply# 5 10/19/2017 at 09:23 (2,379 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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If they can make bright interior LED lighting, why not brighter outdoor Christmas Led's? Cars also have it. Ah? Planned obsolecense? | ||
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Post# 963392 , Reply# 6 10/19/2017 at 15:39 (2,379 days old) by jakins (Kissimmee, Fl.) |
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have used led c7 lights for years
And was on the look out for newer bulbs this year. these are the best I found so far. the pics do not do them justice. I was not a fan of switching to plastic bulbs as the older ones I have are painted glass like the incandescent bulbs. these bulbs are from wintergreen lighting they are called opticore. They are very bright much brighter than the bulbs I had before, and the colors are fantastic. One of the pet peeves I had with a lot of the led bulbs is that you can see the leds I prefer the ceramic or opaque look these you cant see into the bulb. they also make c9 bulbs and also come in transparent colors.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO jakins's LINK | ||
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Post# 963394 , Reply# 7 10/19/2017 at 15:41 (2,379 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 963401 , Reply# 8 10/19/2017 at 16:52 (2,379 days old) by GusHerb (Chicago/NWI) |
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I hate LED christmas lights. The flickering from the shitty power supplies they all use hurts my eyes, really ruins the enjoyment of Christmas light viewing. My eyes are much happier whenever they land on a house still using incandescent lights. | ||
| Post# 963425 , Reply# 9 10/19/2017 at 19:56 (2,379 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit) | ||
I cannot stand LEDs, that blasted blueish hue they all have is the problem for me. My house is the last holdout on the street with all incandescent other than a strand I run up the flag pole, I use LED for that because I figure I'll have less problems with it repeatedly smashing against the pole in the wind. Having a mini light strand fail in the winter is something that cannot be accepted with the arrangement. It is really hard to set it up and take it down as I have a secondary strand that runs across from the top of the flag pole to the television antenna mast that also has a home made star suspended in the center. It would all have to be disconnected. I already have enough times that I have to repair the star arrangement in the middle of December to have the flag pole strand fail which feeds the suspended one and the star.
Everything else is incandescent including the suspended strand and the star itself. Later this year I'll post pictures. | ||
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Post# 963494 , Reply# 11 10/20/2017 at 09:26 (2,378 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Sigh. | ||
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Post# 963503 , Reply# 12 10/20/2017 at 10:30 (2,378 days old) by KB0NES (Burnsville, MN) |
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In the eye of the beholder
I can't stand looking at awful old incandescent Xmas lights anymore. They are so yellow and drab, the color just isn't pure. It is like you take a good light and soak it in a tobacco tar film for years. But like anything that is visually appealing, we all likes what we likes.
The cheap LED strings, especially the older ones were horrible. Now they are bright and you won't see any flicker from them anymore provided they aren't the cheapest no-name China brand lights. As someone that believes in not wasting resources, I am an evangelist LED proponent I can't in good conscious use an incandescent bulb anywhere. Only one left in my house is in the self cleaning oven. | ||
| Post# 963822 , Reply# 15 10/22/2017 at 05:55 (2,376 days old) by liberatordeluxe (UK) | ||
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Regarding brands is there really any difference say between Noma or Premier and Homebase or B & Q led lighting? They all look the same cable and are all made in China whatever make you buy. | ||
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Post# 964648 , Reply# 17 10/28/2017 at 08:45 (2,370 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Here's the deal. Because of their nature, there are several ways to get light out of LEDs. One can, quite literally, just string them together and plug them into the 60Hz outlet. They'll flicker at just the right rate to cause headaches and nausea, and that's how a lot of the cheapest lights are done. One can also build a super-cheap power supply for them which eliminates the flicker entirely and produces a very clean and pretty light. Just, the super-cheap power supply still adds a few pennies to the cost - and the lowest price brands aren't into spending one-hundredth of one percent more than they absolutely must.
Every time, every single time a new technology comes along, somebody is going to latch on to the worst, most primitive aspects of it and decide that that's the way it was, is, and ever shall be. We had this same discussion back in the early 2000s about CFLs. This.Exact.Same.Discussion.
Look - if you're using a smartphone or a tablet, monitor or laptop built after 2015, you ARE looking at LED lighting. And it's not giving you a headache and, no, you can't tell'.
Goodness. | ||
| Post# 964652 , Reply# 18 10/28/2017 at 09:12 (2,370 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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| Post# 964654 , Reply# 19 10/28/2017 at 09:36 (2,370 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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Post# 964705 , Reply# 20 10/28/2017 at 15:00 (2,370 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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John, | ||
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Post# 964710 , Reply# 21 10/28/2017 at 15:17 (2,370 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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This.Exact.Same.Discussion. | ||
| Post# 964753 , Reply# 22 10/28/2017 at 22:27 (2,370 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
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I love your postings. | ||
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Post# 964776 , Reply# 24 10/29/2017 at 01:02 (2,370 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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C9 LED replacement bulbs do not flicker. As you mentioned, they are designed to be used with your existing incandescent strands. I never liked the faceted type that came out. The reason for the faceted plastic was to add sparkle to an otherwise dimmer bulb when compared to a traditional incandescent. LED replacement bulbs DO come in glass. They are available in ceramic or transparent. I have seen ceramic twinkle bulbs too. Vickerman makes really beautiful LED ceramic C9 and C7 bulbs. The hues when on are virtually identical to vintage General Electric incandescents.
These are C7's
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Post# 964778 , Reply# 25 10/29/2017 at 01:28 (2,370 days old) by GusHerb (Chicago/NWI) |
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Those look pretty convincing. I may try some out. One of my complaints was how dim LED Christmas lights were, those look like they're about as bright as they should be. | ||
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Post# 964944 , Reply# 26 10/30/2017 at 07:30 (2,368 days old) by dermacie (my forever home (Glenshaw, PA)) |
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