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Mike Pierson said:
After being stubborn for far too many years, I finally broke down and bought this harbor freight 220/440lb hoist. I am a fucking idiot for waiting so long. It’s a temporary install on my pergola, spanning three 2x8’s on end; plenty strong enough for my purposes. Pretty nice that I can easily put it up and take it down. Just need it for spring, summer and into fall.

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Hopefully it lasts and you got the warranty. I know someone that got one and it worked one time and then died.
 
OverlanderJK said:
Yeah recessed led canless. They have the temp settings so hopefully it works out. Where was that info two months ago?
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I loved them until I hung that ladder with the lights in it & used the vintage bulbs. I'm partial to the yellowish light they put out. The others seem harsh now. IDK if they make the canless ones softer. I even have them on the lowest setting
 
Ddays said:
F that but looks good

Assuming you're doing recessed lights? The canless lights are really nice the way they install. I just dont like how harsh the light is, even adjusting the intensity/temp on the tranformers. I keep looking for some that are more natural but not finding anything.
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We grew up with incandescent bulbs with 3k color temperature (the light produced by a tungsten filament at a temperature of 3k Kelvins) and full spectrum. Now they are pushing LED bulbs on us with 5k (or more) color temperature and non-contiguous color spectrum which only includes very limited colors.

I recall that when I was in college physics class many years ago, we tested what spectrum each type of light source produced (I think that the device used was an interferometer). Some were missing most colors. It is expensive to make broad spectrum LEDs, and that is why cheap LEDs produce bad light.

Look for "High CRI" bulbs with a CRI of at least 91. The CRI indicates how accurate colors will look when illuminated with that bulb. High CRI bulbs cost a lot more.

It could just be me but I find lights at 3000 or 3500 color temperature to be most pleasant.
 
Ddays said:
I loved them until I hung that ladder with the lights in it & used the vintage bulbs. I'm partial to the yellowish light they put out. The others seem harsh now. IDK if they make the canless ones softer. I even have them on the lowest setting
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I think ours have four or five settings but we will have lamps, island chandler, under cabinet lights, dining light and have a bunch of natural light so the chances of using the overhead is slim unless we are hosting.
 
bobfriesenhahn said:
We grew up with incandescent bulbs with 3k color temperature (the light produced by a tungsten filament at a temperature of 3k Kelvins) and full spectrum. Now they are pushing LED bulbs on us with 5k (or more) color temperature and non-contiguous color spectrum which only includes very limited colors.

I recall that when I was in college physics class many years ago, we tested what spectrum each type of light source produced (I think that the device used was an interferometer). Some were missing most colors. It is expensive to make broad spectrum LEDs, and that is why cheap LEDs produce bad light.

Look for "High CRI" bulbs with a CRI of at least 91. The CRI indicates how accurate colors will look when illuminated with that bulb. High CRI bulbs cost a lot more.

It could just be me but I find lights at 3000 or 3500 color temperature to be most pleasant.
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OverlanderJK said:
I think ours have four or five settings but we will have lamps, island chandler, under cabinet lights, dining light and have a bunch of natural light so the chances of using the overhead is slim unless we are hosting.
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I am not sure how the adjustable color temperature feature works, but I suspect that it works by tricking the eye. I think that any given device is only capable of producing certain colors. Adjusting the intensity of some of those colors might be more pleasing, but we are still being ripped off.

Imagine a rainbow drawn with only 6 actual colors.

Look for high CRI and a color temperature of 3000 or 3400. If the color temperature is the same, using a portion which is high CRI can reveal lost colors, but not as well as if all bulbs are high CRI.
 
bobfriesenhahn said:
I am not sure how the adjustable color temperature feature works, but I suspect that it works by tricking the eye. I think that any given device is only capable of producing certain colors. Adjusting the intensity of some of those colors might be more pleasing, but we are still being ripped off.

Imagine a rainbow drawn with only 6 actual colors.

Look for high CRI and a color temperature of 3000 or 3400. If the color temperature is the same, using a portion which is high CRI can reveal lost colors, but not as well as if all bulbs are high CRI.
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I'll leave the rainbows for you.
 
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