Commercial Electric 3' LED Shoplight

I know Kev is gonna want to have some of these imported to replace those "in-efficient" 8-foot fluorescents .LOL.LOL.

Seen here is a 'Commercial Electric' LED shoplight. The box it says:
* 50w LED equals 64w of fluorescent light, but then goes on to say its 70lm/w efficancy (Am I missing something because I know I've seen fluorescent lamps with something higher than that??)
* Starts reliably to -4F/-20C (what happens below -4? maybe this should be put to the test??)
* Life of 50k hours or 46-years...well if that's actually true someone can have it after me??

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I'd love to see what's inside, but the dammed thing is riveted together
I will give them credit that it is a fairly nice looking fitting.
I deff wouldn't say its worth the $40 original price though.

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FrontSideBus

[07 Jan, 2016 at 12:03 PM]

50w for 3500lm? A 36w T8 3350lm! Which is 93lm/w!

Kev

[07 Jan, 2016 at 12:55 PM]

But mark this is led therefore there is no way that it is less efficient than the Fluorescent Rolling Eyes

FrontSideBus

[07 Jan, 2016 at 04:23 PM]

Lol true that. People think it's shit because it's not LED and LED *MUST* be better. For reference a 58w T8 kicks out 5200lm!

AngryHorse

[07 Jan, 2016 at 06:00 PM]

Sealed LED units are never good!, I like them with changeable bits in them!

XmasLightGuy

[08 Jan, 2016 at 12:25 AM]

If its a sealed unit they can then call it "maintenance free" with "no bulbs to change" as if that is an added feature Rolling Eyes

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@AngryHorse: Same here, I prefer changeable parts! (and if this doesn't last its said 47 years Laughing

you know damn well that I'll be drilling out those rivets (if for no other reason than to see whats inside/what died))
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There's that LED *MUST* be better opinion here too. When I saw "70lm/w" on the box I did have to laugh since fluorescents can way surpass that. So much for "energy efficient LED" Laughing

Will be interesting to see how this holds up once I find a place for it (putting it in my bedroom as an 'extra' plantlight would be good since it'd run every day...but probably first spring/summer day that the room got above 90F/32C it'd be done)

And I do plan to test and see if it still starts reliably below -4F/-20C when the opportunity presents itself ...

Atleast its made of metal that's not so paper-thin like some of the fluorescent fittings I've seen. It actually feels reasonably solidly built.

FrontSideBus

[08 Jan, 2016 at 01:03 AM]

I'd drill out the rivets anyway just to see inside. Then just tap the holes and whack a couple of cap screws back in Smile

XmasLightGuy

[11 Jan, 2016 at 03:36 AM]

I'd at minimum wait til the store's 90-day return period is up.
Though the thing supposedly has a 5-year warranty on it too (usually those warranties are pretty worthless since many of them want you to ship it somewhere...which would likely cost more than the thing did LOL)

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