Suitable for use in totally enclosed fixtures, 800lm and 1600lm!

frank70

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LED bulbs suitable for use in totally enclosed fixtures are rare as hen's teeth, but I walked in to Ace Hardware today and found these (among many others with the same suitability statement, which is on both the front and side of the boxes and on the 1600lm bulb base):

https://www.greenliteusa.com/en/lights/1927-led-7w-omni-clear-a19-filament.html
https://www.greenliteusa.com/en/lights/1934-led-15w-a19-omni-dimmable.html

The former is a 2700K filament led style bulb with virtually zero electronics and a glass globe.
The latter is a more standard style 3000K led bulb with electronics in the base and a plastic globe.

CRI is 82. Wattage somewhat understated: small one 9W, big one 17W on my KILL-A-WATT.
The big one in open air, base down, base hits around around 156F, globe around 125F.
The small one is quite a bit cooler all around, perhaps 110F-115F, I can wrap my hand around it.

To top it all off, they had an electric company subsidy, and an electric company rep was in the store doing surveys with a $10 gift card for taking the short survey. The bulbs were marked $3.99 and $4.99, so they were free with the gift card!

They're made in China, so who knows whether they'll hold out for their 3-year warranty in enclosed fixtures, but I plan to give them a try. The price was certainly right.
 
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frank70

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This one: https://www.greenliteusa.com/en/lights/1927-led-7w-omni-clear-a19-filament.html
started to flicker less than a year into the trial. I emailed GreenLite and they sent me an ACE Hardware gift card for $5 to buy a new one. I already had one spare I'd bought for $3.99, so put that in place of the flickering light in my bathroom, and I'll buy another replacement with the card once I get to ACE. If the 3 bulbs total manage to last 3 years that's not a bad return on my $3.99 total expenditure.

This bulb runs cool and has virtually no electronics, so technically "shouldn't" be prone to failure. We'll see how it goes with #2 and #3.
 

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