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Originally Posted by Christ
PS - I know you've been told for years not to put bulbs in a lamp that wasn't rated for them, but that only applies to bulbs that are rated HIGHER than your lamp is. Less wattage isn't a problem at all.
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I did actually find an exception to use of lower watt bulbs. There are some outdoor landscaping 12V lights that require a certain load for the ballast to work right, but thats the only odd-one out.
Last time I stopped in at a Wal-Mart, I DID specifically go down the lighting isle just to see what they had.
There was a GE brand LED floodlight, something around a 7 watt or so rating. I was tempted to buy one just because it was a name brand. I did check, and it was still a "made in China" item.
It seems there is wildly varying quality of LED bulbs out there. Well built ones will last a VERY long time.
Poor quality ones only turn people off from the technology.