New Rechargeable Lightbulb

YingYang said:
I have those.

It has a switch: AC or DC. When set to AC it operates like a normal bulb, when set to DC it uses the internal battery. To charge it you need to set it to DC and switch on the mains and a red LED will indicate its charging.
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These lights CHARGE for any of the 3 positions. If set on AC and the power does go off the light comes on and is powered from the battery. If on set on DC the light does not come on and drain the battery. You have to use the remote to switch on. In OFF the light does not come on but will still charge if the light switch is on and power is supplied.

Some light like the ELLIES light only has a ON and OFF switch and they can come on with load shedding or stay off. It varies from lamp to lamp as I have found using about 10 of them.
 
Was yesterday in Makro, and bought 2 of these as an experiment.
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Now 1st off, on it's own, 1 of these will probably be not as great. They are only 250 lumens. Don't let the 5w confuse you, that really doesn't mean much when it comes to LED lights.

I decided to have these in my bathroom, because it is really impossible to aim when there is loadshedding and the room it is pitch black dark.

Personally, I think you should have at least 500-600 lumens to light up a room nicely. So that is the reason for taking 2 instead of 1. The other issue most people will find with LED lights, is the 120-180 degree shine direction. For that reason, if they flat against the roof, you need at least 2, or 3 if you want. Considering it is 2x5w that is not a problem at all running multiple lights.

Now lastly, I am not super happy that these are cool white (4000k), but in the bathroom I can live with that. The other problem I see with these, is that they are rated for 6000 hours, where most other LED lightbulbs are closer to 30 000 and up. So I will probably try a link that was posted earlier in this thread.

That said, here are some photos on how it turned out. All taken without a flash. The camera siffed out a bit when you turn on the lights and aim directly at them, but I tried to give an idea of how it looks.

Ps. I am very happy with the result, and they work when I turn off the mains!!

Installed:
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Light direction with 2 of these: (mostly enough, the whole room has light)
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With cover on:
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What the light on the wall looks like without a flash:
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Tinuva said:
Was yesterday in Makro, and bought 2 of these as an experiment.
View attachment 210054

Now 1st off, on it's own, 1 of these will probably be not as great. They are only 250 lumens. Don't let the 5w confuse you, that really doesn't mean much when it comes to LED lights.

I decided to have these in my bathroom, because it is really impossible to aim when there is loadshedding and the room it is pitch black dark.

Personally, I think you should have at least 500-600 lumens to light up a room nicely. So that is the reason for taking 2 instead of 1. The other issue most people will find with LED lights, is the 120-180 degree shine direction. For that reason, if they flat against the roof, you need at least 2, or 3 if you want. Considering it is 2x5w that is not a problem at all running multiple lights.

Now lastly, I am not super happy that these are cool white (4000k), but in the bathroom I can live with that. The other problem I see with these, is that they are rated for 6000 hours, where most other LED lightbulbs are closer to 30 000 and up. So I will probably try a link that was posted earlier in this thread.

That said, here are some photos on how it turned out. All taken without a flash. The camera siffed out a bit when you turn on the lights and aim directly at them, but I tried to give an idea of how it looks.

Ps. I am very happy with the result, and they work when I turn off the mains!!

Installed:
iaU-w32Rmw0WXRsgya0EnJEaRb7XL3GrzOuqKVabvLQ=w1306-h979-no


Light direction with 2 of these: (mostly enough, the whole room has light)
ahhwwwbayT3kKwdhCOMkN7lDGfimJj2qgcQ0_h3pNVE=w1306-h979-no


With cover on:
N4M7yyacaHoj4Ybn8iY2zANVL27e1E6ll3R-wIzshbs=w1306-h979-no


What the light on the wall looks like without a flash:
GeL8cvmqALQkY-YKh94OuiPTYtqC8KCbyTGfC1UqNg8=w1306-h979-no
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Price sir?
 
Ordered 3 and will be putting them in mostly unused sockets only to be used in loadshedding...

I HATE dim rooms and cool white light so my flat is mostly 100W incandescent bulbs.
 
ScottulusMaximus said:
Ordered 3 and will be putting them in mostly unused sockets only to be used in loadshedding...

I HATE dim rooms and cool white light so my flat is mostly 100W incandescent bulbs.
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Then buy warm white? And quality? But its your money to spend on electricity in the end.

The below lightbulb lights up this 6x3.7m room, that I am currently in, properly at night, the same as a 100w bulb would. Give it like 5 second to reach full brightness (its good enough at start, but not fully bright).

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ScottulusMaximus said:
Ordered 3 and will be putting them in mostly unused sockets only to be used in loadshedding...

I HATE dim rooms and cool white light so my flat is mostly 100W incandescent bulbs.
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That is very expensive lightning.

Be smart. Look for the 9w or 12w LED light bulbs in warm white, which is 2500k colour. Then you wont have dim rooms, and also not cool white light, with far lower electricity bill.

Also, LED is instant on at full light, vs CCFL that takes time to get to full brightness. LED also last far longer than both CCFL and silly incandescent bulbs.
 
Tinuva said:
That is very expensive lightning.

Be smart. Look for the 9w or 12w LED light bulbs in warm white, which is 2500k colour. Then you wont have dim rooms, and also not cool white light, with far lower electricity bill.

Also, LED is instant on at full light, vs CCFL that takes time to get to full brightness. LED also last far longer than both CCFL and silly incandescent bulbs.
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Even warm white is crap(I have 2500K LED's in my bedside lamps), I'll gladly pay more so the blue tinted light doesn't mess up my sleeping patterns
 
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ScottulusMaximus said:
Ordered 3 and will be putting them in mostly unused sockets only to be used in loadshedding...

I HATE dim rooms and cool white light so my flat is mostly 100W incandescent bulbs.
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if they in unused sockets how do you expect them to charge?
These ones (unlike the remote ones that the light switch has to stay on) charge when they switched on
 
isie said:
if they in unused sockets how do you expect them to charge?
These ones (unlike the remote ones that the light switch has to stay on) charge when they switched on
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Ah... I didn't think of that, I guess I'll have to use my unused sockets in conjunction with my regular lights
 
Tinuva said:
That is very expensive lightning.

Be smart. Look for the 9w or 12w LED light bulbs in warm white, which is 2500k colour. Then you wont have dim rooms, and also not cool white light, with far lower electricity bill.

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Compton_effect said:
Then just go and get some LED filament bulbs from Builders. A pleasant warm white, with a all around glow.
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I find warm white globes dull and :sick:
I much prefer cool white I feel its brighter and lights up a room mych better.
I Think warm white is just there for people that like old incandescent bulbs :p
 
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