SATCO Lighting S29438 12.5W, PAR30LN LED, 4000K, 60 degree Beam Angle, Medium Base, 120V

Yes. The S29438 is an enclosed rated lamp, so it can run in a sealed or gasketed recessed housing without voiding its rating. That matters because most LED PAR lamps trap heat in a closed can and fail early. It is also wet location rated and listed for both indoor and outdoor use, so the same lamp works in soffit cans, covered entries and canopy fixtures.

It replaces a 75W incandescent PAR30. The LED draws 12.5 watts at 120 volts, 0.104 amps, and puts out 1000 lumens. On a circuit that was running twelve 75W lamps, that drops the connected load from 900W to 150W, which is the number a property manager or electrician needs when reloading an existing lighting circuit.

4000K is neutral or cool white, noticeably whiter than the 2700K to 3000K warm tone most incandescent and halogen PAR lamps produced. If the adjacent cans still have halogen or 3000K LED in them, the S29438 will read blue by comparison, so change out a whole run or a whole room rather than one lamp. The colour temperature is fixed, not field selectable.

CRI is 90, which is the threshold most retail, hospitality and healthcare specs call for when colour accuracy matters on merchandise, finishes or skin tone. Standard LED PAR lamps often sit at 80 CRI, so this is the higher rendering option in the category.

Yes, the S29438 is California T24 listed. It is not DLC approved, so if your utility rebate program requires a DLC listing for the lamp, this one will not qualify for it. It is FCC compliant.

No. The S29438 is not a three-way lamp. In a three-way socket it will run at a single output level, or may not light on the low setting at all. For three-way fixtures you need a lamp built for it. It is dimmable, so a standard socket on a dimmer is the better way to get multiple levels.

Burning position is universal, so it can run base up in a recessed can, base down in a pendant or track head, or horizontal in a wall wash or sconce with no derating. Rated life is 25,000 hours in any of those orientations.

The body is silver with a plastic base, and the lens is clear thermoplastic PBT rather than glass. A plastic lens does not shatter like the glass face on an old halogen PAR, which matters in gymnasiums, food service areas and parking canopies where a dropped lamp is a cleanup problem. Being lensed and clear, it delivers the full 1000 lumens through a defined 60 degree flood pattern.

Rated average life is 25,000 hours. At 12 hours a day, seven days a week, that is roughly 5.7 years before the scheduled relamp. At 24/7 operation it is about 2.9 years. That is the number to build a maintenance cycle around on corridor and canopy lighting.