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billroperHaving read a linked post from a friend that discussed the aging of LED lightbulbs, I gave a dirty look to the four Phillips LED bulbs in the ceiling fan fixture in our bedroom which were very yellow and seemed appreciably dimmer than they had been when I installed them some years ago. Now, you have to understand that this particular ceiling fan fixture has been a subject of controversy since I picked it out shortly after we moved in. Gretchen does not care for having exposed bulbs, but I wanted a lot of light for the large bedroom and had hoped that by picking out a fixture with four cans that could be pointed in particular directions, I might be able to work around that problem.
I was wrong. (Cue "Apology".)
Anyway, I found someone on Amazon selling the right sort of bulb that was rated to put out 700 lumens at 4000K (an unusual, but nicely white temperature) and figured I'd give it a try. I have now installed those to replace the aged Phillips bulbs that were rated for 860 lumens when installed.
The new bulbs are noticeably brighter. (As in, I turned on the lights and Gretchen thought that a small nuke had gone off outside our window.) And they are noticeably whiter and the colors in the room are much truer.
So other than the fact that I was wrong for buying the fixture in the first place, we will call this a success.
I also (with some help from K) replaced the failed incandescent bulb that had been in the fixture in Gretchen's closet with a nice safe, sane 60 watt equivalent bulb at 3000K.
Gretchen observes that she will at least know what color clothes she is putting on in the morning now...
I was wrong. (Cue "Apology".)
Anyway, I found someone on Amazon selling the right sort of bulb that was rated to put out 700 lumens at 4000K (an unusual, but nicely white temperature) and figured I'd give it a try. I have now installed those to replace the aged Phillips bulbs that were rated for 860 lumens when installed.
The new bulbs are noticeably brighter. (As in, I turned on the lights and Gretchen thought that a small nuke had gone off outside our window.) And they are noticeably whiter and the colors in the room are much truer.
So other than the fact that I was wrong for buying the fixture in the first place, we will call this a success.
I also (with some help from K) replaced the failed incandescent bulb that had been in the fixture in Gretchen's closet with a nice safe, sane 60 watt equivalent bulb at 3000K.
Gretchen observes that she will at least know what color clothes she is putting on in the morning now...