Cheap Retrofit Upgrade | Recessed Can to LED Flush Light | BR30
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We decided to update our old can/recessed lights in our house. Considering that if you want to replace the old BR-30 bulbs with LED's it was going to cost around $2 per bulb, this upgrade wasn't that much more expensive. The new flush mounted, air-tight, lights were only a couple bucks more. The install process was pretty easy, only taking a few minutes per light.
Just remove the old bulb, remove the springs holding on the collar, screw in the new light, then push up into place. The hardest part was getting the new light to stay flush to the ceiling.
But the overall look is much better then the old lights.
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This video is the only one I found that actually shows how to take the trim and center piece down. Thank you so much!
One of the best DIY videos I've seen on the internet. Great presentation. This has come in handy as my son is buying his first home and they are all older and many have had recessed lights installed years ago and are in need of upgrading. Dad will now swoop in and look like a genius. Again thanks.
A recessed light is recessed for a reason. It has anti-glare effect which means the light doesn’t hit your eyes unless you are standing directly under the lamp.
It’s an upgrade backward.
Not at all! LEDs are unidirectional, thus have less glare. After installing in our bathrooms, we decided to replace the other 24 in our home for an updated clean look. Well worth it!
looks worse
@KBS, you are right! I was going to replace all the recessed can lights in my house with new FEIT Enhance fixtures, but it turns out they are much brighter than the old fixtures with BR30 bulbs. In fact, the 700 Lumen fixtures are too bright for a livingroom or hallway! So, I installed the new 700 lumen fixtures in the kitchen and bathroom where I needed bright light, and kept my old fixtures with BR30 bulbs in the tv room and hallways.
Use a sharpened pencil to remove the retention springs; insert pencil into the loop on the spring and slowly push up to disengage the hook at the top.
Thanks for this video. I installed several, but the ones I used didn’t explain where the spring arms were supposed to go, so I just pushed up inside the can. Inserting the arms in the four slots made a much better fit.
If you are going to change out the fixture make sure to understand the color of the new bulb. Many make the mistake of mixing brightness (lumens) for color (2700k to 5000k). I most often use 4000k and secondly 3500k. 2700k, called soft white, but is very yellow and makes the room look dingy. 5000k is the bright milky white security light looking color. A lot of the LED lights now include a switch so you can change the color on the unit.
Wish we had known several years ago before making numerous Home Depot trips. Like how hard could picking out bulbs be I thought. 🤣 Next to the color issue was getting the lumens we wanted. Now that our house has matching color and lumens outside and inside, I'm sure they'll come up with something new just to mess with us.
Led lights are very bad for human cell reproduction..these lights are bad for us.
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Thanks for the tip. Fought very dim can lights for 30 years. Bought 2 of them at Menards. Great product, easy to install.
Indeed. Looks much better. I am in Arizona, and this will be a big bonus for keeping hot air from being sucked in when the whole house HVAC kicks on.
This vid "not OSHA Approved" 😊 Well done! Short and to the key points. Tks, especially for pointing out there are 2 sets of attachment points for the spring clips - to fit either 5 or 6 inch housing. At first I thought i'd have to return these. Much appreciated! 👍👍
I changed two LED bulbs out at home. The most notable difference was the increased amount of light since the bulb was no longer recessed 2” into the housing.
Be sure to buy inserts that allow you to choose the light (i.e., soft white, bright white, daylight etc.). So far, I haven’t found any that allow you to change the light from outside the fixture. The switch is on the back part so you’d have to pull the light down to change it.
If you have to add dimmer switches, some are about $25 each depending on where you shop. Definitely needed in some places (e.g., near a TV) as the light is much brighter. Great for finished basements or a room that doesn’t get a lot of sun.
Like watching my Dad... chair for a ladder and turning the breaker off is an option. Thanks for the good laugh, but really thanks for the easy instructions!
I replaced all of our recessed cam lights with these about 3 years ago. Before I was always replacing the bulbs, but have not had a single one fail since. Great investment.
Why did not just replace with LED bulbs? Much easier than replacing can
Would have been nice to see how you clipped in the new light!!,
Nice video, thanks for making it. Unfortunately, like so many things in 2021, the prices have increased...as of this date they're more like $10 each. Still that's a bargain considering the advantages.
And today (1/19/2022) the price has jumped to almost $24.00 for a set of these. WOW.
thanks for the video. Feit lights are now $21 for 2 from amazon.
👍🏼 Great job, thanks ! Greetings from New York City 🗽
Step #1 Get a ladder #2 Turn off light so it isn't in your eyes and isn't hot. I put in 18 Only 15 watts vs 65. My old trim rings were discolored. Problem solved. I pulled old trim ring down, cut springs and installed new lights. Much brighter, but you can use a dimmer.
I bought mine at Ollie's price was 3 for $9. HD has exact same thing; 3 for $26. Stll cost effective.
I have 20 year old recessed pot lights. they are almond ring and look dated. I updated to led bulbs years ago but the almond color looks ugly. Im going to get these in a smaller 4 inch size in white. Looks simple enough ( although whenever I tackle something simple it turns to shit)
Cool! didn't know about this product and good point about the cost of bulbs Vs the cost of these. Thanks!
Thanks.... Just what we need at our house...
Looks like price went up.
I love that he used a kitchen chair instead of a ladder. That is true DIY strategy when you think its all gonna' go smoothly....
Hello, and thank you for sharing this video. I have been using the Feit canned lights for many years. I purchased them from Costco, and I have been noticing that my lights go out every 3 to sometimes 6 months. Today I took two that I added on November 20, 2022, and they were still working. With these new ones, which look amazing, your video was uploaded three years ago. Did any of them go out, or are they still working? I really do not want to
Mine are all still working. But i did buy an extra box just to have incase
HOW. WIDE. IS. THE. NEW. RING. ??
BEST. IDEA. YET. THANKS. !!!
The are the same size as the old recessed light rings. Maybe 7" diameter? Not sure
Thank you for posting this helpful video
Good stuff man! Thank you
Very nice. Functional and looks good.
Great video, thank you.
Link shows these as $24.79 for the 2 pack, not the 7.99 in the video. Maybe they are still cheap at Costco (none near me), but otherwise BR30 LED bulb is much less.
0:01 Nahhhhh I think I prefer the one on the left
Game changer!!!
Awesome job thank you so much
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, this is great! Do recessed lights come in a standard size? I need to replace the one in my shower with one meant for wet places, and was wondering how to check what size I need.
I think typical recessed can lights come in all different sizes: 2", 4", 5", 6". But i'm just guessing based on what i've seen.
Good video. I am going to check to see if mine are similar
Thank you for this helpful video have a question about the way the light appears? I have an aversion to the brightness of some LEDs -does it give a cold-cooler look in the room-I love the way old lights project warmth…. Thanks again for this well explained video
Look for a 3000K color (lower number is warmer color)
Thank you
Great video - but I don't recommend the FEIT brand. Myself, friends, and family all use their LED's, and they are constantly prematurely dying. I have yet to have any of my Sylvanas, CREE, or phillips light bulbs die on me after 3 years. Sometimes FEIT doesn't even make it 12 months.
We'll see.
So far it's been almost a year and all 14 of mine are still working.
It has more to do with the total number of hours that they are on and their ambient operating temperature. LED light bulbs operating in sealed weatherproof enclosures with no ventilation often fail prematurely due to heat build up.
Good helpful video thanks
Right on dude!!! Not bad
Great video, thanks! Do you know if these LED lights will work with a dimmer switch?
Yes they are dimmable
Question, is it possible to shove insulation in the cavity of the can & then put the new recessed light in?
Possibly.
I think the fact that the new lights are LED's and don't get hot, you might be ok.
But the old can lights are something like IC and non-IC rated. Meaning you can or cannot insulate them.
But i'm not 100% sure.
someone told me that the old recess light has a transformer and need to remove it before connecting a LED. is that correct?
Maybe up in the ceiling, but i didn't touch that. I just removed the bulb and screwed in the new light.
Do they make these for showers?
great video...
Awesome Share. Thank you
I like these but, I don’t have screw in bulbs.
You could just cut and strip the wires, then connect to the positive and neutral wires.
I don’t know where you got your retrofits for $2 a piece…Costco or sams don’t have them now….so I got to do what I have to do, I already have a whole box of the flat ones that look prettier, not only that but the rest of the house has the flat recessed lights….
THANKS. THESE. SHOULD. WORK. ON. SOME. AS. I. HAVE. DIFFERENT. MODELS. OLD. AND. NEW. CANS.
CAN. U. PUT. SOME.
SEALENT. BEHIND. TO. MAKE. EVEN. MORE. AIR. TIGHT. !! IT. LOOKS. TO. EASY. TO. PUT. IN. SO. YOUR. STILL. GOING. TO. LOSE. SOME. HEAT. OR. AC
CAN. U. USE. THIS. WITH. ALL. CAN. LIGHT MODELS. ??
THANKS. MUCH. !!
$25 per pair now!
What was it that was new light was screwed into?
The new fixture is basically the new "light bulb", screwing into old light bulb socket and covering the hole altogether.
A cheap way to give your house the ambience of a Walmart.
Can these lights be used in most environment, bathroom ceiling?
Yes, i would assume so
What if the led light goes out? Do you have to replace the entire unit??
yes
how do you get it out if you need to change them?
Luckily i haven't had to replace any of them yet. But i think you pull the whole thing out, like they were installed. There's no bulb to change, it's the entire unit.
@@DaveWirth Gotcha. Thanks. It's the little spring loaded arms that make me think it's a pain. If they spring into place, how to you "unsprung" them when the whole thing is flush? I'll give it a try.
They're now $10 each (September 2022)
But can you change to different colors?
No. I think they can be changed from soft white to bright white though.
Too much glare with the new lights. I prefer the recess aspect of not looking directly at the "bulb". I'd buy a LED if it were recessed.
When the LED burns out, do you replace the entire unit or is the LED bulb replacable?
Ya it's a sealed unit, no real bulb to replace. So you have to replace the entire thing. But when i bought them they were $4 each, so basically the same price as a BR-30 LED bulb.
Old-style incandescent bulbs last for about 1,200 hours of use. CFL (fluorescent) bulbs last for about 8,000 hours but an LED bulb or light will last for around 25,000 hours. I'll let you figure out how often you'll be waiting for one of these fixtures to burn out.
Sometimes you need to glue m as the springs are not as tight
I totally agree. Sometimes they just snapped tight into place. But many times i had to wiggle/twist/push before they even got close to air-tight. I should probably go back and glue some that have slipped down.
@@DaveWirth I just ordered clear cement to see if it works.
Do you know how to remove it once installed?
I think you just pull it down and unscrew it. The springs don't really lock anything in place, just lightly hold it up there.
The old fashioned ones. Look better
Call me old fashioned, but the cans look way more elegant and provide a nicer light imo. Not having to wire in a new kit when they fail/die and simply having to replace a bulb is another reason I prefer them. I don’t understand the infatuation nowadays with canless other than they are easier to install and work in areas where a can wouldn’t fit. Other than that, I see no benefit to using them.
I know what you mean, cans look better. I don’t care about seamless or whatever. Just change the bulbs when you want
4 DOLLARS EACH ????? MORE LIKE 10 TO 12 DOLLARS EACH.
Good for you bill and the ecology .. HORRIBLE LIGHTING your replacing a bulb the can be a spot 15 deg / narrow flood 25 deg or flood. 60 deg etc with one that might as well be a hanging bare bulb or a florescent fixture. as they typical have 120-160 deg spread ........ blanketing the space with even boring un-focused light .... you can also get replacement LED trims that at least have a few options
Are they dimmable?
yes
Just moved in to a new construction home, with LED lights EVERYWHERE and they are way too bright. I hear you can get LED's that mimic good old soft bulbs. I highly recommend you not get the brightest version.......or you will feel like you are under the lights of an operating table in the hospital!
I agree. The "bright white" does have the hospital room feel. Warm would have been better.
Use a dimmer switch. Stay away from BRIGHT white...use 2700°K WARM LEDs.
I just bought and my wife installed in the kitchen ceiling 100w 5000 color LED bulbs in our can lights. It would make a great operating room, but she loves the brightness (maybe because we’re age 69?). These replaced 100w daylight CFLs. These LEDs are dimmable so tonight I purchased a Lutron 3-way dimmer. She wanted the Lutron smart dimmer but I couldn’t justify the cost of the bridge and switches just so she could tell Alexa to turn on or dim the lights or adjust them thru the app. I was going to buy the LEDs like in your video but she wanted the bulbs.
you can always buy lower wattage bulbs
You have to watch that they are not soft light. They are annoying harsh lights in the 2000 to 30000k range
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So...How many DIY TH-camres does it take to change a light bulb? I'm looking forward to all the answers.
8/27/22 they are $8.50 each now! :( $16.99 for a box of 2.
$10 each now in 2 weeks.
@@kingmiller1982 One thing I have learned about Amazon, they are fast to notice a spike in sales of an item and respond with rising prices. A while back I watched an outdoor video about a great little backpacking wood stove for cooking for about $12, 4 weeks later it had more than doubled.
What I wonder is, does Amazon share the extra profits with the original seller, or keep them all for itself? My bias favors the latter!
Sadly these are now more than 2x the price of when you created this :(
People don’t do this it looks like shitty shower trims all over the house just upgrade to the LED bulbs in the original trim take it from electrician who works with designers
You did not upgrade, you downgraded. There are plenty of high quality LED bulbs that would easily screw into the existing fixture.
Did you listen to the part where he wanted to prevent air and bugs coming in. He chose this because he wanted it. We forgot your opinion is what is important in other peoples homes. Your opinion is that he downgraded. I am not a rude person. I am a tired person. I am so tired of other people coming onto a video someone else made and telling them what they should have done. My new pastime is taking a moment to show you all what that feels like. Not your house, not your video. Your opinion absolutely does not matter. I personally think it looks better, will probably save money on the bill, solved his problem, it seems, and it seems to be brighter compared to the old light on the right by comparison. However, that is my opinion. My other opinion is that you need to work on your phrasing. Someting like, hey man, if you ever decide you want to go back, there's a nice option of ...bla...bla...bla... Moral of the story is before you hit send when commenting on anything online, say it to someone you love, use a mirror maybe if your the person you love most, and see if it sounds like something they/ you (mirror) want to hear. If you think it will hurt their/your (mirror) feelings, then just shut up!
Quality recessed lights DO prevent draft and bugs. I shall presume that you are an HGTV type flipper. I can only imagine how bad the lighting is in your projects. @@NanasHouseDIY
@kennixox262 I am nothing of the sort. I am a first-grade teacher, Mom, to 3 sons. I have 5 grandchildren. When my husband died, I had to learn to do things for myself. I do not like asking my sons to come to my home to do simple repairs. I took to TH-cam to watch someone do it, and then I do it. I assume you think I am a house flipper because of my name. My granddaughter chose the name when she was 5. I do videos of my little home repairs and my dads recipies so that my grandkids can know him through his love of cooking. My point really had nothing to do with the lights. It was the rude way you said it. One of my first grade standards is for students to know the difference between opinion and fact. The FACT is your inserted you got your facts and opinions mixed up. I would just like people to be respectful of one another on here. Negative stuff is to heavy to pass on. I love my last living uncle 8 days ago. I lost my sister earlier this week. I have been keeping myself busy by focusing on DIY projects I need to do at the house. What I have noticed is that so many people just say very mean things on here. It made me even sadder. Just word things better. I know my problem is also my opinion but I know you could do better if you tried. Put a little heart into it. Please.
not $4 ..............2 for $15
The price of the Retrofit Kits linked above are $8 each, not $4 as stated in the video.
Ya, the sale price at Costco was 50% off, so $8 for 2 lights. Originally $8 each. Looks like the new price on Amazon is $8 each now.
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Given that you,lose the ability to utilize smart/color bulbs, I fail to see how this is anything but a downgrade
lol that's not a upgrade that just turns into a glare bomb.. cheap of the cheap there is much better options.. of LED..
I can't find lights like this for $4 each.
That's the price they were when we bought them. Both at Costco and Amazon: amzn.to/36As0TR
@@DaveWirth - Amazon shows them a $13.50 each.
@@tomcal25 Ya it looks like they raised the price since February. Here's a site where you can see past prices of things on Amazon. Looks like it fluctuates between $12 and $26: camelcamelcamel.com/product/B07CKD6V3V
Price increases are good for the economy. Let’s go Brandon!
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As soon as you stood on the chair…I’m done. Bye
That’s wasteful. Instead of replacing a bulb you’ll have to eventually replace the entire can 👎👎
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Don't say one thing, and do another thing, that's bad. Especially when safety is concerned. then you say get a ladder, but stand on a chair. By not turning off power at the breaker, someone walks into the room and turns the light switch on, you have your hand in the fitting, you get a electric shock, and you are to blame.
Hahahahahha…… I bet you’re fun to be around.
The old light looks a lot better. It had more character. Had the nice black trim. The one is all one piece, just cheap plastic.
To each their own
what ever saves me money in this texas heat.
Omg so it’s just changing a lightbulb. I swear I learn so much on TH-cam. Thanks for this video!!!
When the LED burns out, do you replace the entire unit or is the LED bulb replacable?
Have to replace the whole thing, as far as i know. It looked like a sealed unit to me.
Check warranty & save your receipt… had recessed CFLs fail after years which should have, but didn’t outlast incandescent bulbs and new CFLs failed in only months.
There’s videos on TH-cam showing how to repair LED bulbs with some solder. Usually just one led burns out thus breaking continuity with the rest so by soldering the bad LED the rest will work with an unnoticeable dimmer light. Good luck from New Orleans 🎭
Are these dimmable?
Yes the ones i bought are
There is also something called the color rendering index (CRI), the higher the number (out of 100) the more complete the spectrum of light emitted by the LED and the more accurate (when compared with natural daylight) the colours of objects viewed under these lights will be. This a completely separate issue to color temperature or color appearance.
In a domestic installation I would be looking for a color temperature of 3000K warm white and a CRI of 90+
These 'glare bombs' in the video have no glare control and are visually uncomfortable especially in low ceiling height applications. Also be aware that if there is not enough void space above these lights for air to move and they are on for long hours, the operating temperature of the LED driver will exceed the recommended maximum and the light will not last a fraction of the claimed life time.
You're obviously not one of the pinheads that watches and loves crap shows like "Property Brothers", where they paint everything (even beautiful 100 year old hardwood trim) white, and do everything on the cheap with little forethought.
@@dashcammer4322 I certainly do not, but I am passionate about good quality lighting and have completed many hundreds of successful projects over the decades
Recessed lighting is way cooler though. You need to get the deep recessed led retrofit
Thanks Dave! Very helpful! I appreciate you posting this
For aesthetic differences see new & old installed, off… 4:35 & on… 4:40. In small rooms where you’re not likely to see fixture(s) win-win, but in larger spaces, fixtures are much more noticeable when ‘on’ (glaring). So LED bulb (in old fixture) maybe visually preferable. Also beware dimmable LEDs don’t work on some (most?) old dimmer switches - mine didn’t.
Ya for most cases, i wouldn't suggest someone go out of their way to install them.
One big advantage for us was reducing air gaps. The old lights let in a lot of cold air in the winter at the light by the sink, then the lights that were upstairs leading to our attic.
But a few people have commented that they like the look of the old lights better.
@@DaveWirth Not
@@DaveWirth (oops, & apparently can’t delete)… Not always easy but if can/housing can be removed, better insulation around housing could help with cold. Have same LEDs and unlike others, no foam between metal rim and ceiling so cold housing = cold rim = heat-loss, tho guessing relatively minor.
@@gr8dvd can't delete, but you can EDIT a post. (3 dots on the right)
Ya i thought about insulating around the can lights in the attic but it was a lot of work and material cost.
Here's doing the blown in insulation by hand up there: th-cam.com/video/rlfJLcCJEdA/w-d-xo.html
@@DaveWirth both edit & delete access same and neither has worked (for me) for a long time. Meanwhile, nicely done vids can only imagine the challenge of doing while filming… kudos esp. on clear closeup shots!
Amazing Video and instructions. Dave, you have inspired me to replace 10 lights in my house. You are a great communicator. Please post more videos of your projects.
Mine clips and not springs in the illuminator. But the new light did a great job anyways.
Sweet, this is an awesome option! You covered everything nicely!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. Talk about inflation! Was $8 in Feb 2021, now Feb 2022 they are $22
Yeah I've been looking, the cheapest I see is $9 each...
Upgrade looks like a downgrade.
Your awesome
I wish mine were this easy. My socket and dome are one piece. Sigh.......