Residential LED Floodlights

[dr. d]

you might try the cheaper bulbs installed in weatherproofed salakot-type fixtures with reflectors. they are probably cheaper than floodlights.

[oj88]

haven't tried using LED flood light but what we did is replace the halogen bulb to a CFL bulb and retained the fixture.

light output between the two are almost the same. halogen (200W) vs CFL (50W)

the Floodlight fixture with the halogen bulb cost around Php500, the CFL bulb replacement is Php450. no bulb socket conversion done.

Thank you. However, the old fixture houses a ballast and a socket to receive a metal halide E40 bulb. Converting them to hold E27 bulbs would be impractical.... and a waste of a good MH fixture.

We initially decided on an MH fixture because of its inherent reliability and very long service life. We installed this fixture some 3 or so years ago and the total operational time is estimated to be already somewhere in the 12,000 hours. It's never been serviced and still retains maybe 80% of the brightness when it was new. The downside is, it uses electricity like a muscle car gas guzzler.

On CFLs, they are cheap but have a significantly shorter service life which will require more frequent servicing. The cost of the bulb isn't the problem. Access to the fixture is. The fixture is high atop a 30-ft. pole and requires scaffolding to service.

you might try the cheaper bulbs installed in weatherproofed salakot-type fixtures with reflectors. they are probably cheaper than floodlights.

Most E27 "bulb" LEDs are highly directional. Putting it in a "tear drop" type fixture wouldn't be very efficient as it'll be pointing the wrong way. There are E27 lights with their LEDs installed on the side, but these are, I think, older generation LEDs that are either inefficient and/or unreliable.

Anyway, I'm pretty much decided on getting a proper outdoor LED floodlight. I just need to know which one would be as reliable as the MH fixture without spending too much.