Hoover Convertible Brush Seating Stone

[vacuumlad1650]

I have been thrilled with the LED bulbs for them, other than the face that if your bulb fixture is not perfectly shaped the bulb will not fit without some force

 

[lesinutah]

Careful

The shell of LED are good but to much force fractures the silicone inside making bulb useless.
Nice job on the vacuum. It gets frustrating at times when you can't get vacuums to work good. You have paitence and knowledge both essential when fixing vacuums.
Les

 

[hooveru4089]

@lesinutah:
That's what's nice about old Hoovers, they are very easy to learn on and they are built so tough that they can survive several screw-up jobs!

I definitely heard some members say that they had bad luck with certain versions of the LED bulb in Convertibles. There seem to be lots of options. I found one that was very highly rated on Amazon which many used for Singer sewing machines. What's been interesting on my 719 is that the 15-watt incandescents never worked; always flickered and burned out after 1-2 weeks. The 25-watt bulbs, however, have been excellent. How might this observation narrow down my LED options?

 

[lesinutah]

That bulb

I'm pretty sure is the exact bulb I ordered March 1st. I'll post a link but it's likely the one you are looking at. This bulb is the highest build quality I've seen.
It's the daylight 6000k color.
Les

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GKLMCG1/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_RXBLEbSVVHXJ9

 

[madman]

Not sure about the 15w vs 25w. I don't think this would really translate to LED bulbs. However, the only thing I can fathom is that the 15W bulbs have a more delicate filament, and your machine vibrates it to death. I *think* that lower wattage bulbs have longer filaments (= more resistance = lower wattage), so they probably have a longer length of filament between each support, so more there to bounce around when vibrated. It's just a hypothesis, though, and it probably depends on the engineering of that particular bulb.

That being said, however, if bulbs have been vibrated to death, LED bulbs may suffer a similar fate. Depends on the particular engineering, of course. Then again, that might've been the bad bearing, right? Maybe it's not even a concern now.

 

[lesinutah]

Led

In my Hoover 913 it uses this bulb. The only issues I have had with LED are 3 watt bulbs. My 913 is older than the convertible. It's a rolling 35lb Sherman tank with the old beater bar. It thumps pretty good and the bulb hasn't had issues.
It's more than I like to pay for bulbs but the quality is very good.
Les

 

[hooveru4089]

@lesinutah:
Does that manufacturer make that bulb in warm white? I saw the 3000K warm white option (v.s. 6000K daylight), but I am not sure if the electrical specs are any different.

 

[lesinutah]

3k

They only have daylight at 6k. The daylight usually is 6k. The 3k light is similar in color as regular stock bulb.
I think the daylight takes more energy to make. I assume 6k is the preferred color when I put headlights 6k seems to be the power it takes to get the color of light.
I don't know if I'd go for 3k lower wattage. I'm going to guess the fixture highest output would be 12 watts. I know 120 volts is a term people use but I've gauged bulbs via watts.
I think closer to 5 watts which would be less than half of the watts used the lights won't function correctly. They are either too much power or intermittent power where they flicker but never truly work.
Les

 

[madman]

Lumens would be your real concern for lighting output. Some LEDs are more efficient that others, and some power supplies, and some colors of LED. It all depends.

 

[lesinutah]

Madman

Have you noticed the 6000 is white. I bought 3 led recessed lights for out kitchen. The lumens were related to the watts.
Les

 

[madman]

Les - 6000k is the color temperature. 6000k is blueish white / cold white, 3000k is yellow / warm white. It kind of sucks because very few LEDs are available in 4000k, which is actually WHITE white, not yellow or blue. Lumens is the amount of light output. And then there's CRI or Color Rendering Index, which is how true the light is to pure sunlight, which includes even amounts of every color of the rainbow, including in-betweens. LEDs have all the colors, but not the in-betweens, they may look white, but are not actually.