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Ceiling lights, LED bulbs or fixtures? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 month ago by Seigest@lemmy.ca to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world
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Renting a room in an old house. The landlady is one of the rare good ones and cooks for me somtimes so I'm trying to be handy where I can.

This light in my office died, and a few others in the house are in dire need of replacing. Rusted and covered in decades of caked on dust, probably hazardous.

I keep seeing units like this. https://a.co/d/iU3hAd3

But I'm wondering if I should get a few of those or get another bulb style ceiling lamps and just use LED bulbs?

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it's an old house going to led fixtures can have issues.

Back in the day it was fine to let a little juice trickle past a closed switch (light switch off)

Because what little went thru, wasn't enough to turn on an incandescent bulb.

But it's enough to turn on a led dimmly.

So there's a decent chance if you install a light like in your link, it will always produce light. Then you have to change out the switches and all types of other stuff.

Especially in a rental, you don't want to open that can of worms. Just use a conventional fixture.

[–] Seigest@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had intended to change the switches to dimmers as well. Good to keep them low on migraine days.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Make sure the new switches are rated for "led dimmers" too and you should be fine then.

Don't just buy the cheapest dimmers or you'll be buying them and installing them a second time.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

That being said, I have had very good luck with the Feit electric dimmers from Costco.

I have five or six of them installed in my house and I have no complaints about their functionality after over a year of continual use.