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These lights work 100% better than LED strips. and they work in an A base fixture (normal old light bulb).



Agree...I bought a number of these from Amazon in 200..250 and 300 watt sizes and boy do they put out the light...cheaply too I might add!
 

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These lights work 100% better than LED strips. and they work in an A base fixture (normal old light bulb).



I may use those.
 

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I'm kind of a LED nut, I have 1000's of LED types in every color and form factor.
And this is not an exaggeration, there are boxes and box of them. 🤪
I have individual LED's as small as a pin head (they are soooo hard to work with) all the way up to a silver dollar, I have ropes, strips, neon's, bulbs and various fixtures.
And all of the drivers, repeaters, remote controls, power supplies and such to run them.

HI, I'm North Idaho Wolfman and I have an LED problem!

I did physically tests with 10+ different light fixtures on my garage and shops, and this style won.
I tested a lot of different brands and types.
The blade light put out the best spread of light at the highest Lumens for the lowest overall cost.
The real benefit to me is that they fit a standard base so when they go out, they just unscrew and screw in a new one.

I have put 1000's of hours on them and they are holding up perfectly.
I did have a few that showed up dead or burned out way to early but most sellers will replace them with no issues.
We did a unplanned test on one fixture when we were building out house, it was lit for 3+ years, on all the time, hit by surges, power outages, hot (103f) cold (-20f) and it's still working to this day.
so they hold up really well.

We did have the older LED's on the trailer and there were 2 outside lights that stayed on all the time, it was interesting that over several years they would get dimmer and dimmer, you'd really notice it when you changed them out.

One note: I bought the ones at Home Depot and a local farm and feed store and both failed in a extremely short period of time, they were very disappointing.

Second best was UFO lights but they are hard wired and pricey, they do put out more light but they are 3 to 4 times the cost.

Every light in our home is LED and they all had to be tested too before we installed them, we have various styles but most are flat panel ones.

Static test with all LED's lit up full bright, in house and 2 shops it works out to about $5 a month, and our place is not dim! Mrs. NIW complains they are too bright even with dimmers.

The garage has two sets of lights Lower Lumen flat panel lights, and High lumen blade lights.

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Wow thats nicer than my house
 
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PoTreeBoy

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BIL helped me get the bands up over the truss ends and finish siding on one end today. My neighbor's geese came in to roost as I was picking up.

I helped them clear out a thicket along the county road yesterday. They found, or rather the yellow jackets found them, Saturday. Seems the little boogers didn't like the chainsaw noises. Ten got my BIL and one got my sister. We still haven't found the nest hole.
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Looking good 👍
 

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BIL helped me get the bands up over the truss ends and finish siding on one end today. My neighbor's geese came in to roost as I was picking up.

I helped them clear out a thicket along the county road yesterday. They found, or rather the yellow jackets found them, Saturday. Seems the little boogers didn't like the chainsaw noises. Ten got my BIL and one got my sister. We still haven't found the nest hole.
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Found it. They were pretty active around noon today.
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The front and east end are essentially done. I've mounted the meter base and breaker panel. I need to find an electrician to tell me how to do the grounding and bonding to the utility's satisfaction.

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I've started siding on the west end. This corner is higher off the ground, so I've started using the forks to hold the panels up so I can nail.
 

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