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williamwright wrote:
People don't realise that the 'reflector' is just 'decorative' and that
LED floods are omnidirectional within the limits of the frame. I fitted
one last week and with Paul up the ladder with a spanner I went to the
effective horizon (top of the yard) and gestured down a bit up a bit.
The light has ended up tilted downwards so much it looks odd but it
still throws light to the horizon. In the past I've had to restrict the
top of the beam with strips of black tape on the glass. I wish someone
would invent a LED flood with a bit of beam control. I realise the
problem is that the light isn't a single point source.

On my exterior flood lights, the LED is more of a point source than the
old tubular halogens. They were quite cheap from Lidl and do the job OK -
although not as bright as the halogens. But they came with sensors on the
bottom (not needed in my case) which stopped them being tilted down as far
as I wanted, to point them off next door. Once I'd removed them, there's a
reasonably sharp border at the edge of the light.

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