blue-white color makes it poor for exit signs This bulb is bright and runs cool as you would expect, but if you are thinking of installing it in place of the incandescent bulbs that go in many exit lights, you will likely be dissatisfied. A typical red exit sign will produce a purple color with this bulb. Also, the flat rectangle LEDs cast light straight up from their surfaces, rather than in all directions, so how bright the light will be depends on how the bulb is oriented with respect to the viewer once it is screwed completely into the…
Great for kitchen range hood Our Bosch kitchen range hood uses candelabra-type bulbs and we go through them fairly often since we use it as a night light. Even the 145 volt “exit sign” lights didn’t last more than six months. It was the discovery of an LED replacement for the always-on “exit light” that brought my purchase reviewed here.These bulbs have the blue-white color typical of early “white” LEDs,” but it’s not as irritating behind the light diffuser in the range hood, as it…
blue-white color makes it poor for exit signs This bulb is bright and runs cool as you would expect, but if you are thinking of installing it in place of the incandescent bulbs that go in many exit lights, you will likely be dissatisfied. A typical red exit sign will produce a purple color with this bulb. Also, the flat rectangle LEDs cast light straight up from their surfaces, rather than in all directions, so how bright the light will be depends on how the bulb is oriented with respect to the viewer once it is screwed completely into the…
Great for kitchen range hood Our Bosch kitchen range hood uses candelabra-type bulbs and we go through them fairly often since we use it as a night light. Even the 145 volt “exit sign” lights didn’t last more than six months. It was the discovery of an LED replacement for the always-on “exit light” that brought my purchase reviewed here.These bulbs have the blue-white color typical of early “white” LEDs,” but it’s not as irritating behind the light diffuser in the range hood, as it…
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