Flood Light Bulb Sizes

So a br30 is 30 8 inches or three and 3 4 inches.

Flood light bulb sizes.

An mr11 is 11 8 inches. 65 or 75 watt large br30 flood bulbs commonly used in overhead recess lights can be changed to a 12 or 14 watt led flood bulb. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. The number following the letters in a recessed light bulb indicates size.

Halco lighting technologies 50 watt equivalent 6 5 watt r20 dimmable led flood light bulb cool white 4000k 81164 model 81164 10 53 10 53. In addition to the cost saving that this long lifespan provides it means that you won t have to go through the hassle of replacing your floodlight or its light bulb nearly as often. Numbers in a bulb code indicate size in millimeters or eighths of an inch. Now powered by efficient led technology these lights come in a wide variety of shapes and purposes.

The letter or letters in a bulb code indicate either shape or special features such as reflector type. Where a halogen light bulb might last around 2 000 hours led floodlights can last 30 000 hours or more. For example a br30 is 30 8ths of an inch or 30 divided by 8 which equals 3 75 in diameter. Led flood lights are wide angle lights designed to cover a large area or flood the area with light.

50 watt low voltage mr16 bulbs normally only found in track lighting can be converted to 7 watt mr 16 led bulb. 1 888 455 2800 fax 1 508 363 2900. From recessed can par style led light bulbs to wall mounted lights to parking lot flood lights and more. It s the diameter of the light bulb in eighths of an inch.

You are more likely to find a slightly narrower beam angle for the smaller r20 and br20 bulbs while r30 and br30 bulbs could be either broadly designated as spot or flood lights. Er30 bulb with such a large beam angle br and r shape bulbs do well in situations requiring wall washing or wall grazing as track lights for large areas or artwork or providing general ambient lighting via. These are known as light bulb codes. These bulbs are pushed in and generate much less heat.

So you can swap out a par30 for an r30 or a br30 they are all the same size. The difference between a br20 br30 and br40 is actually the size or diameter of the light bulb.