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Old 10-13-11, 03:40 PM   #24
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Originally Posted by zick View Post
I wonder how well these would work in a recessed can light? How much heat do these things produce? I mean the higher wattage LED bulbs always seems to have such big heat sinks on them.
If they are only using 8.6 watts to make both heat and 429 lumens,
my guess is the heat dissipation is going to be less than 8 watts.
The heat sink will hold heat, and if you grab it and hang on,
it will get very uncomfortable..

The glass enclosure (part that looks like a bulb) hardly warms up at all.
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