Recessed
Lighting
Line Voltage Incandescent: Elco
- Great for general lighting
- Uses bulbs that last 2,500
to 5,000 hours
Low Voltage Incandescent: Elco
(standard bang for the buck),
Contrast
(made in Canada, great quality)
- Great for art and task
lighting
- Wide selection of beam angles
- Uses bulbs that last 5,000
to 18,000 hours
- Low profile cans available
LED: Progress
Lighting, CREE
- 50,000 hour life
- Full light intensity when
turned on (they do not need to warm up)
- Dimmable down to
10% usually
- 2700K or 3500K color
temperatures available
- Mercury free
- Title 24 compliant for the
most part
- 4 to 5 times more efficient
compared to incandescent
Line Voltage Fluorescent:
Elco
- 2700K to 6500K color
temperatures available
- 10,000 hour rated bulb life
when left on for 8 hours
- Bulb life diminished if left
on for less time
- Bulb take about a minute to
get to full brightness depending on
ambient temperature
- Title 24 compliant for the
most part
- 4 to 5 times more efficient
compared to incandescent