Upgrading shop lights to LED ?
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(12-20-2017, 10:20 PM)appletonrc Wrote: Not all bulbs are the same.. light output varies wildly depending on the bulb.  Cheap bulbs may not be that great of a deal.  Make sure to take a look a the specs.  If they are cheap enough, then you can throw more bulbs at it and get the same result as a higher output bulb.

On the ones got, the specifications say 2000 lumens @ 4000K using 18watts. They're a lot brighter than the "daylight" ones they replaced using 34 watts. I'll put the receipt somewhere I might remember in several years just in case they burn out early. (As soon as I remember where I left it!)
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