Is LED overload a possibility?

8 years ago

Hello,

We are about to finalize all the lighting in our new construction house and I’m a little concerned about LED lights.

For the most part, we like layers of light with the ability to dim lights and rarely are we drawn toward super bright lighting. In addition to many recessed LED lights in our new home, we’ve chosen many LED lights - if not exclusively - in varying light directions. They are all pretty modern, which we like, from brands like ET2, Elan, and Kichler. Sconces, pendants, a chandelier, bathroom lights, etc.

We’ve already installed proper dimmers for all of the incoming light selections, and many of the lights are indirect style so it lights up the wall, not direct.

The light temps are from 2700-3000k. Honestly, the style we light seems to come exclusively in LED but I wanted to see if anybody can shed some insight into all LED lighting.

Thanks in advance!

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April Acquavella
8 years ago
If you have dimmers then you can't go wrong as you can control the intensity. LEDs also come in different temperatures, and although you have already bought bulbs, if it really bothers you, you can change them out. Or you can also add lamps to use as mood lighting on occasion.
JQS
Original Author
8 years ago
Thanks, the hard part is that all the ‘fixtures’ come with proprietary fixed LED units. The recessed I can play with.

That’s why we decided to order dimmers for virtually all of them, but I still get worried that even with the dimmer they’ll give an overall stale environment. I’ve probably been watching too many sci-fi on TV - I think it’s turning me off to LEDs but given the contemporary lights that work for our new house, I’m sort of stuck with them. Floor/table lamps will perhaps be our balance - not to mention we have a lot of wood work going into the home.
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8 years ago
We redid our lighting recently and switched everything to 2700K LEDs. Dimmers on everything. I loved it for task lighting, for instance in the laundry room. Hated it everywhere else. Even on dimmers, the quality of the light remains bluish or cold/harsh because there is no tungsten filament that glows at a lower temperature when dimmed. LEDs are light emitting diodes so the light dims but doesn't get warm. We switched back to Halogens. Not as energy efficient I know, but the quality of light feels nicer.