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Replace halogen floods with LEDs

6 years ago

Hello. I currently have 8 track light fixtures in my living room. They all have PAR30 halogen flood lights in them. I'm currently using Sylvania Halogen Flood lights and the specs on these are 72w replacement, 1070 lumens, 2900K temp, 50* flood. I would like to replace them with LEDs for longer life, but I cannot find any PAR 30 LEDs that come close to 1000 lumens. Most are in the 800 - 850 range and I think the room will be too dim with these.

Can anyone recommend a comparable LED bulb?

Thank you.

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RL Relocation LLC
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
Awww the benefits of halogen, That being said I do believe as long as you get 4k LED in the highest lumens possible it will be good.
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6 years ago
Aloha @RL Relocation LLC. Mahalo (thank you) for taking the time to respond. So, the question boils down to are lumens from a halogen bulb comparable to lumens from an LED bulb? If the answer is 'yes', then the LEDs will be 20% dimmer (800 lumens vs. 1070 lumens) compared to the halogens. This is way more than I'm comfortable with.

Can anyone recommend an LED PAR30 bulb that has more than 800 lumens?

Harry Z
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RL Relocation LLC
6 years ago
If you get the same kelvin temp they should be. If you go up in Kelvin to 4k they may even appear to be more white light and there for as bright.

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