I'd love to get a LED brain dump from you Russell, but I'm not up for rolli= ng my own lamps at this time. Too many other high-priority things like pain= ting the ceiling, tile work in the bathroom=85 :-) I found a FEIT Electric PAR30 lamp at Costco for $30. It's 650 lumens using= 6 Cree LEDs and taking 13.5W. Not sure about the CRI, but the color temp i= s around 3000K. Looks pretty nice in the kitchen and compares very well wit= h the el-cheapo BR30 65W incandescents we have in there now in the other ce= iling cans. Here's the same lamp at Amazon=85 http://www.amazon.com/Feit-Electric-13PAR30L-LED-Performance/dp/B005EHHFIE $30 is still steep compared to the incandescent bulbs=85not sure if I'm goi= ng to pull the trigger on them or wait until later this year to see what ha= ppens as the home LED lighting juggernaut spins up to speed=85 -Pete On Jan 14, 2012, at 2:04 AM, RussellMc wrote: > If you are happy to roll your own and the lamps are not visible you can > probably do quite well in performance per $. >=20 > Buy only brand name IC from the big 5 or so or solid licencees. LED like > temperature to be low for lifetime. Much available on this. >=20 > It's not rocket science, but there are pitfalls. I can probably tell you = as > much as you want to know about DIY but will not do so unless wanted. > Rushing ... >=20 >=20 >=20 > Russell >=20 >=20 > On 14 January 2012 20:54, Peter Loron wrote: >=20 >> Ah, thanks! One of the problems I'm dealing with is the space the lamps >> are going up into is a closed box. Overheating is a concern which LED la= mps >> would resolve. >>=20 >> Now to research prices, CRI, lumens, etc=85 >>=20 >> -Pete >>=20 >> On Jan 11, 2012, at 2:30 PM, RussellMc wrote: >>=20 >>> GE's LED replacement lamp range. >>> Quality is liable to be "more dependable than some" >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >> http://www.gelighting.com/na/business_lighting/products/led-replacement-= site/products/index.html >>>=20 >>> eg PAR38. Amazing range >>>=20 >>>=20 >> http://www.gelighting.com/na/business_lighting/products/led-replacement-= site/products/led-par38.html >>> -- >>> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >>> View/change your membership options at >>> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >>=20 >>=20 >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >>=20 > --=20 > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .