[Shop-talk] LED heat output

[Jim Stone]

WOW!  I wish I had known about that product line before I bought the hallway
light.  One of their products would have been perfect.  I did a fair amount of
surfing looking for such lights, but couldn't find anything.  None of the
local hardware or big box stores I checked had anything either.  I only
learned about the Pass and Seymour one when I stayed at a hotel with one in
the bathroom (I actually removed it from the wall in the hotel to find the
brand and model number) and then just happened to find it at a Menards when I
was visiting my daughter in South Dakota.  I am sure I will get a chance to
put this new information to good use in the future and will save the links for
that time.

Thanks!

> Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 17:00:27 -0700
> From: bk13 at earthlink.net
> To: jandkstone99 at msn.com
> CC: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] LED heat output
>
> Jim - I have an older version of this:
>
> http://www.theenergyconscious.com/lig2210.html
> (search sidelite LimeLite)
> or see their store with more options at
> http://store.limelite.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1817
>
>
> It puts off a dull green (or blue) glow that doesn't mess with night
> vision like the white LEDs.  They are also under $10.  While they look
> like a duplex cover, they are really just cover the single gang box and
> extend out to the side.  I got mine locally, though I don't remember where.
>
> If you get around to replacing the bath fan, look at one of the
> Panasonic models with a light.  Most of them also have a little night
> light.  It uses the regular 4W nightlight bulbs that you would just turn
> on when needed.  You will also appreciate how quiet a 0.3 sone fan is,
> unless you desire cover noise.
>
> Brian
>
> On 7/4/2012 9:13 AM, Jim Stone wrote:
> > With 60 just around the corner, I find my making more frequent trips to
the
> > bathroom at night.  I figure a discussion on BPH would be way off topic,
but
> > surely LEDs are not.  I wanted to put a nightlight in the bathroom, but
> > because of the way the bathroom is designed my wife found anything
plugged
> > into an existing outlet to be to distracting when she was trying to
sleep.
> > So, I did a little electrical surgery on the fan light switches right by
the
> > toilet.  I replaced the two existing switches with one double switch, then
put
> > a hard-wired hallway light into the empty space.  Here is the one I used:
> >
http://www.techmall.com/Pass-Seymour-Decorator-Full-Hallway-Light-TMHWL-p/510
> > 47.htm
> >
> > So far, so good, but the the 3 LEDs produce much more light than I wanted
and
> > having it right at eye level proved to be pretty annoying in the middle of
the
> > night.  After a little experimentation, I painted the inside of the
exterior
> > plastic lens white, then put two layers of blue masking tape over the
inner
> > lens that covers the LEDs.  From an esthetic perspective the result is
> > perfect.  The lens looks white when the other lights are on but gives me
a
> > soft blue glow when they are not.  However, the LEDs are now more tightly
> > enclosed than before, with flammable paper just a fraction of an inch
away.
> > People say that LEDs don't produce any heat, but is that just relative to
> > incandescent blubs?  Does this seem safe or have I created the possibility
of
> > a dangerous situation?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Jim
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