Integrated LED dusk to dawn lights

[paulri]

I have a few dusk to dawn lights outside my house. The ones I have are basically install and forget about, they last for 10 years if not longer. They all came with replaceable bulbs.

I need to replace one of them, and I'm noticing at Lowes new units with integrated LED lights that you don't replace--when they stop working, you just buy an entirely new assembly. Here is one example.

How long-lasting are these integrated bulbs?

 

[97prizm]

I have a few dusk to dawn lights outside my house. The ones I have are basically install and forget about, they last for 10 years if not longer. They all came with replaceable bulbs.

I need to replace one of them, and I'm noticing at Lowes new units with integrated LED lights that you don't replace--when they stop working, you just buy an entirely new assembly. Here is one example.

How long-lasting are these integrated bulbs?

I'm fairly sure it depends on the company and your environment and extremes ie Alaska in the winter or Phoenix AZ in the summer. Cree and GE led bulbs are much heavier and have better heat sinks than no-name brands. There should be some better and brighter replacement bulbs for your application. They should have the lifespan printed somewhere.

 

[sparky123]

They may rate them to last a certain amount of time but will they last that long? I'd hold on to the receipt. In most cases what I have found, the larger the sensor, the longer lifespan. BTW, that's a good looking fixture w/good reviews! (I like to tell the customers I deal with, "the large print giveth, and the small print taketh away." Always get a good cuckle. Hold on to the receipt. You'll be just fine.

 

[mk378]

The one linked by the OP says "A19 replaceable LED bulb included." An A19 is a standard size screw-in household bulb. The bulb that comes with it is probably a lot like the tires that come with a new car; not particularly good.

With a good design, integral LEDs can work better in terms of light distribution and cooling. Heat really hurts LEDs. Many A19s will suffer a short life when put in a sealed jar.

 

[doitmyself]

I have a few dusk to dawn lights outside my house. The ones I have are basically install and forget about, they last for 10 years if not longer. They all came with replaceable bulbs.

I need to replace one of them, and I'm noticing at Lowes new units with integrated LED lights that you don't replace--when they stop working, you just buy an entirely new assembly. Here is one example.

How long-lasting are these integrated bulbs?

The install manual looks like the bulb is replaceable: https://images.thdstatic.com/catalog/pdfImages/4c/4c2f9a35-8653-4442-8ba4-9fe595622e20.pdf

 

[tbm5690]

Are you saying your existing bulbs are installed in standard fixtures? If so keep doing what you are doing and just buy bulbs. Much easier than having to replace entire fixtures periodically. The units you linked aren't particularly attractive either, IMO.

 

[paulri]

You are right, it does come with a replaceable bulb.

I should have looked at the listing more closely. I know I have seen LED dusk to dawns that did not come with replaceable bulbs, and when I saw the word "integrated," I assumed that this one wasn't replaceable.

What is interesting here (to me) is that A19 bulbs usually are the screw in bulbs inside homes. The one in the unit listed here, however, appears to be like the other ones in my outdoor lights--snap in. They don't have threads, but two or four prongs that fit into the base that they are pushed into.

I'll look the box over a bit before buying this unit.

The one linked by the OP says "A19 replaceable LED bulb included." An A19 is a standard size screw-in household bulb. The bulb that comes with it is probably a lot like the tires that come with a new car; not particularly good.

With a good design, integral LEDs can work better in terms of light distribution and cooling. Heat really hurts LEDs. Many A19s will suffer a short life when put in a sealed jar.

It would be inside a plastic case that screws into the base of this unit, and I live in the desert in SoCal. So yeah it probably would get pretty hot.