Thanks for starting this thread. I need to replace my kitchen fluorescent lights. The main one stopped working and the over the sink one is slow to light. Plus they're old looking. 3/4s through this thread I decided to fix them instead of replacing them, UNTIL...LED lights that look like the fluorescent lights.
I'm going with that one (didn't know they existed).
I hate the look of track lighting and find myself to tempted to look directly at them....it's like looking at the sun! I helped an old couple change some bulbs because even the lower power ones were too bright. I couldn't believe how hot they get and even the lower power ones were too bright. (out they went to get lower ones...again).
I'd have to hire an electrician to put in recessed lights and it is big job to put them in. You have to channel the wiring across the beams, spackle, paint, and then dealing with the insulation through the hole....it's a pain. (unless you have an open attic above)
I can convert to the LED lights and not pay someone else to do it...with ease. Youtube is loaded with videos on how to do it yourself. LEDS last 20 years, I'm in!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MOoUv2mt9gM
Fire safety and electrical safety regulators across Australia have raised concern about an increase in building fires caused by heat from recessed lighting setting fire to building material and other materials.
Right, like a rats, mice, squirrels building nests around them.
On the subject of warnings....Beware of CFL bulbs made in china. There have been more then a few fires started by them, especially bad when used in recessed light fixtures. Here's a pic of one taken by a person who wittnessed the flame shooting out the side of it.
@jimmy*part3 wrote:Thanks for starting this thread. I need to replace my kitchen fluorescent lights. The main one stopped working and the over the sink one is slow to light. Plus they're old looking. 3/4s through this thread I decided to fix them instead of replacing them, UNTIL...LED lights that look like the fluorescent lights.
I'm going with that one (didn't know they existed).
I hate the look of track lighting and find myself to tempted to look directly at them....it's like looking at the sun! I helped an old couple change some bulbs because even the lower power ones were too bright. I couldn't believe how hot they get and even the lower power ones were too bright. (out they went to get lower ones...again).
I'd have to hire an electrician to put in recessed lights and it is big job to put them in. You have to channel the wiring across the beams, spackle, paint, and then dealing with the insulation through the hole....it's a pain. (unless you have an open attic above)
You could hire this one, Jimmy.
