SATCO Lighting S22252 33W PAR38 High Lumen LED, 4000K, Medium Base, 120V

The S22252 is a dimmable lamp. Keep in mind that dimmable LEDs want an LED-rated or compatible dimmer; an old magnetic incandescent dimmer can cause flicker or limited dimming range at the low end. If you are retrofitting a bank of cans, swap to an LED-compatible dimmer at the same time.

CRI is 90+, which is the threshold most retail, grocery, and gallery specs call out for accurate color on merchandise, skin tone, and produce. Standard LED lamps often land at 80 to 82 CRI, so if your spec sheet says 90 CRI minimum, this lamp meets it and a general-purpose PAR38 usually will not.

At 33 watts drawing 3000 lumens, this lamp sits in the output range of the old 250 watt incandescent PAR38 floods, well above the common 90W and 120W halogen PAR38s. That is why it is sold as a high lumen lamp rather than a standard 90W-equivalent retrofit. For high ceilings, parking structures, or retail accent runs where a standard PAR38 LED looked dim, this is the step up.

4000K is neutral white, cooler and crisper than the 2700K to 3000K warm white most hotel lobbies and residential interiors use. It reads clean rather than yellow, which is why it is the common pick for retail display, grocery, offices, corridors, garages, and exterior building wash. If you are matching existing warm-white cans in an apartment common area, this lamp will not blend with them.

Order against Satco part number S22252 and record the four values that make the lamps match visually: 33W PAR38, 4000K, 90+ CRI, medium base, 120V. A different Satco PAR38 at 3000K or 80 CRI will install the same but will not look the same in the same ceiling run, and that mismatch is what gets noticed in a corridor or sales floor.

Decide this from the spec sheet rather than the lamp type. PAR38 lamps are frequently used in exterior floodlight housings, but wet-location suitability depends on the lamp's own rating, and the Satco spec sheet for the S22252 carries that detail. The lamp body is aluminum and plastic, with the aluminum serving as the heat sink, so it needs a housing that is not fully enclosed and sealed unless the spec sheet allows it.

It weighs 0.89 lb, which is heavier than a halogen PAR38 of the same shape because of the aluminum heat sink body. In practice that matters on worn track heads or loose gimbal rings, which can droop out of aim under the extra mass. On fixed cans and exterior flood knuckles it is a non-issue.