Renting a room in an old house. The landlady is one of the rare good ones and cooks for me somtimes so I’m trying to be handy where I can.

This light in my office died, and a few others in the house are in dire need of replacing. Rusted and covered in decades of caked on dust, probably hazardous.

I keep seeing units like this. https://a.co/d/iU3hAd3

But I’m wondering if I should get a few of those or get another bulb style ceiling lamps and just use LED bulbs?

  • henchman2019@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The next tenant after you might not be so handy. It would be easier for the average person just to change a bulb if they needed to. I’d go with the fixture that uses replaceable LED bulbs.

    • Seigest@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Good point I assumed these lasted forever, but I guess that’d be wishful thinking.

    • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Agreed. The fixtures with non-replaceable lights are a giant headache waiting to happen down the road. Always go with the replaceable bulb fixtures.

      Edit: Not to mention the next person may not like the specific LED in that fixture and may want a brighter or dimmer one. With a replaceable bulb this is a 30s swap; with a non-replaceable bulb it is an entire project that the person may even need to hire a guy to do for them (read: expensive).