HPS exterior soffit light replacement, 10-inch diameter

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I have a school that has about 60, round 10-inch diameter recessed soffit lights that are currently HPS.
They're original from the mid-80's. I'm looking at converting them to LED.

Because they're old (and fragile) I'm worried about the trim, lense, and hardware that holds it all together potentially breaking in the process of doing the conversion.

I was was looking online for round 10-inch diameter recessed lighting out of curiosity to see if they were available in case I experienced some breakage issues but wasn't able to find them doing a search.

Anybody know about this type of light fixture being available?



Also, my thought is to use a Corn Lamp as a replacement.
Anyone have any better suggestions?

Thanks
 
synchro said:
I found these with a search. I'm sure you can find others out there that are similar.

https://www.greenelectricalsupply.co...-fixtures.aspx
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Thanks for that link!
The issue with my situation is that the existing fixtures use a 50 watt lamp so there not super bright and they put out your typical orange'ish light.
They like all of that, so they want me to match that as much as possible.

Your link has a 30-watt retro that is 2700K and puts out around 2800 lumens. I'm worried that will be too bright.

I put in 3 corn lamps of varying wattage and color temperature, the warmest I could find is 3000K, and is rated at 14 watts (~1700 lumens).
It's almost too bright for what they want and doesn't put out the orange'ish light that they like.
They think of the existing lights as "Architectural" !

I actually just put in a 60 watt equivalent A19 LED bulb that's 2700K in one of the spots. Im curious to see what they have to say about it. I'm not excited to use just a regular light bulb. I'm worried about how long they'll last compared to the 14 watt corn lamp (rated for 50,00 hours).
 
Go to a theatrical lighting supply and see if they have a 'gel' of the proper color to 'orange up' your lights.
 
How would a LED reflector lamp work? Although the supply voltage could be a problem if 277V.
 
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