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Posted: 10/19/2015 8:10:12 PM EDT
| Can anyone recommend a really bright motion activated floodlight? I have basic floodlighta on the corners of my house but I would look to upgraded to motion activated. I am looking to go as bright as I can go. |
| Has anybody ever used a few of the networked lights? The only one I can find is made by Mr. Beams, and seems like a great option. My primary approach to the house I rent is out of easy observation, but if that light was connected to another it would make things very easy... |
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Has anybody ever used a few of the networked lights? The only one I can find is made by Mr. Beams, and seems like a great option. My primary approach to the house I rent is out of easy observation, but if that light was connected to another it would make things very easy... I just looked at their website. I'm intrigued by their technology. I like some of their ideas. However, the lights d not appear to be very bright. 300 lumuens was the brightest security lights I could find. A typical led floodlights is over 2,000 lumens. |
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This is top notch stuff, not the HD/Lowes Chinese garbage. I don't know what their current offerings are but they use to make some very high quality super bright motion floods, USA made. Cold linked, https://www.rabweb.com/products.php?line=outdoor I was looking into the LED Sensor lighs and regular sensor lights but they got so many options... what would you recommend from the list? |
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Quoted: Has anybody ever used a few of the networked lights? The only one I can find is made by Mr. Beams, and seems like a great option. My primary approach to the house I rent is out of easy observation, but if that light was connected to another it would make things very easy... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JW0G1A2/ |
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I was looking into the LED Sensor lighs and regular sensor lights but they got so many options... what would you recommend from the list? Quoted:
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This is top notch stuff, not the HD/Lowes Chinese garbage. I don't know what their current offerings are but they use to make some very high quality super bright motion floods, USA made. Cold linked, https://www.rabweb.com/products.php?line=outdoor I was looking into the LED Sensor lighs and regular sensor lights but they got so many options... what would you recommend from the list? Honestly I am not an expert but I was in the same boat and all signs pointed to RAB, I bought the lights and have been 100% happy and they outperform by a wide margin all my previous Chinese HD garbage lights. There is a company called prolighting who sells RAB, they are GTG, maybe check with them as they are experts. http://www.prolighting.com/rab.html |
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RAB is the best. Most electrical supply houses will have them or can order.
Just use a three hole round flood cover or square, motion in one and flood holders in others. I am using the 5K Kelvin Phillips outdoor floods. They are awesome. Replacing 6-300 watt Quartz floods with 6- 28W LED floods. The 5K Kelvin or daylight color temp is white or metal halide color. Much better than the old Quartz lights. I will not use the LED flood fixtures that are made together. Replacing parts will be hard. With flood lamp / standard medium based lamp,holders, just unscrew defective lamp and put in new one. |
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RAB is the way to go. Yes they are expensive but they last way longer then the big box ones and they have a good warranty and customer service. With RAB you can get just the sensor head and wire as many lights as you want up to the wattage rating of the sensor or put a relay in and go as many lights as you want. If you're on RAB's website and drill down to a specific light you can click on the EZ Layout tool and specify the height and spacing of the lights and see what the projection will be. Depending on how much you like your neighbors, I always go with the highest lumens I can get. A lot of the RAB line is available on amazon How big of an area are you trying to light, what height are the lights, how many degrees of area does each light have to cover, do you have neighbors or a close by road that will be mad with a giant light shining in their eyes, how much money can you spend, does the significant other have an issue with commercial looking lights on the side of the house. Seems like a lot of questions for just putting up a yard light but they're all important ones. When looking at lights ignore the wattage equivalent crap on the package and compare the lumen ratings. The only thing the wattage is useful for is deciding how many lights can run on a circuit or sensor. High lumen LED will be pricey, as in couple hundred dollars and up per light. HID, florescence, sodium vapor, mercury vapor can have high lumens but they have a warm up time so they are about useless on a motion sensor. If you can do some wiring, adding more incandescent or halogen fixtures could be the cheapest option. |
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Quoted: You can add z wave control to any light just put one of these in the lights junction box. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JW0G1A2/ Quoted: Quoted: Has anybody ever used a few of the networked lights? The only one I can find is made by Mr. Beams, and seems like a great option. My primary approach to the house I rent is out of easy observation, but if that light was connected to another it would make things very easy... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JW0G1A2/ |
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