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These LED retrofit kits are great. The only hitch I had was the old-work cans I installed had nowhere to attach any of the three grounding methods mentioned in the instructions, so I ended up having to drill my own hole and screw the ground screw in that. And screwing that in was a challenge, because you can't get a screwdriver at right angles inside a 5" can, so I had to use my pliers to laboriously spin the screw head through each turn.
The lights get pretty hot while running, as you'll find if you need to pull one down.
The light they give is a great color; not so yellow as an incandescent, not so pale and dead as a daylight CFL.
But watch out if you plan to dim them: non-LED dimmers won't turn them on reliably below about 60%, though if you turn on at full and then dim, you'll be fine; and LED dimmers might not be compatible. I tried this with several revs of the Lutron C.L. Diva dimmer. The version assembled in St. Kitts wouldn't dim very low, even with the dimmer dial spun as far as I could. And the newer version assembled in China dims them way down, but there's an unsettling full-strength flash 90% of the time I flip the lights on, with both of the dimmers of this revision I tried.
So, these lights: excellent if you just plan to switch, not so hot if you want to dim.
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These LED lights fit in the 4" Juno IC1 and TC1R cans I used in my basement finishing project. They installed with no hassles.They are on a Leviton 6674-P0W 150-Watt LED and CFL/600-Watt Incandescent Dimmer. They don't dim very much on this dimmer, however, I hadn't had time to play with the dimmer settings. They do dim as is, but maybe about 50%.
The lights are very bright and very white. They take some getting used to. I have 3 of them in the new office over my desk. They are great for the office and really light up the work area, but they are way too white to put them in the Home Theater or family rooms.
These lights do allow you to get the same amount of light from a 4" can as you would with a 65W incandescent in a 6" can.
If Copper Lighting made these exact same units with a more natural color temp, I'd but them for the all my can lights.


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