L.E.D. Outside Flood Lights.

Zoomup:

Years ago I installed many outside P.I.R. controlled tungsten halogen floodlights. If the bulb blew it could easily be replaced by me of the householder.

If by "easily" you mean getting some ladders out of the shed, wobbling about, wrecking the rusty screw head with a worn out driver, burning your fingers when the luminaire shines the moment you insert a new filment, etc., yes of course the householder can do the job. ?


I must say that I keep waiting for my LED lamps to fail, but so far so good.


Which reminds me, I have a 500 W filament to replace - I think that I have one left. ?

Zoomup:

Years ago I installed many outside P.I.R. controlled tungsten halogen floodlights. If the bulb blew it could easily be replaced by me of the householder. These days I have been installing L.E.D. flood lights that boast a  life of 30k hours. Some L.E.D. flood lights from the Fix Screw outlets have flood lights with a 2 or 3 year guarantee printed on the boxes. Do not be fooled though, even though the box boasts a 2 or 3 year guarantee and 30k hours Fix Screw will not guarantee the L.E.D. flood lights beyond a year. Yes, just one year. I have had to replace at my own cost 2 L.E.D. flood lights of the Loosec-co brand that had been in use for less than 2 years..


L.E.D. lights may be the flavour of the year, but the labour involved in replacing a whole unit if it fails makes them less than desirable.


Any thoughts?


Z.

I had the same issue with a power tool i purchased from them a few years ago.  They would only honour the guarantee for 1 year.  The rest of the guarantee was with the manufacturer.  All i had to do was pay the postage and send it the other side of the world and hope for the best.  Obviously i didn't bother.    As you say, it's not worth the box it's written on.



Gary

wrecking the rusty screw head

Chris Pearson:

Zoomup:

Years ago I installed many outside P.I.R. controlled tungsten halogen floodlights. If the bulb blew it could easily be replaced by me of the householder.

If by "easily" you mean getting some ladders out of the shed, wobbling about, wrecking the rusty screw head with a worn out driver, burning your fingers when the luminaire shines the moment you insert a new filment, etc., yes of course the householder can do the job. ?


I must say that I keep waiting for my LED lamps to fail, but so far so good.


Which reminds me, I have a 500 W filament to replace - I think that I have one left. ?

Chris, Tip.


Don't try cleaning your high level house windows.


Z.

AJJewsbury:

wrecking the rusty screw head

I got so fed up of steel screws seizing into the aluminium bodies of halogen floodlights my policy was to remove the screw on installation and replace it with a twist of copper wire. Come lamp replacement time a quick snip with wirecutters and a new length of wire. (I did try a nylon cable tie first, but they tended to go brittle and break)

  - Andy.

Some good quality outdoor flood lights came with a stainless steel cover screw. I always apply silicone grease to the threads when fitting, it only takes  a few seconds and prevents corrosion and aids future easy removal.


Z.

whjohnson:

I only ever fit Smiths Time Guard LED floods nowadays - I learnt my lesson with LED outside lights - early adopters - as with everything else, pay a premium for rubbish when new kit comes on the mkt. I gave up with Eterna ones and the cheapo wholesalers own branded rubbish. I got sick of too many unfunded call-backs.

Never had a failure with Time Guard ones yet.

Yes, I have always had a great respect for Timeguard products, especially the simple P.I.R. detectors that control lighting.


Z.


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