SATCO Lighting S9698 8W, BR30 LED, Medium Base, 2700K, 105 degree Beam Angle, 120V, 2-Pack Display Pack

No. The S9698 is an open rated lamp, so it should only go in recessed cans and fixtures that are open or vented. Putting it in a sealed, fully enclosed housing traps heat around the driver and shortens lamp life. If your cans are airtight or gasketed, you need a lamp specifically marked enclosed-rated instead.

Dimming is supported, so it can go on a standard incandescent-style dimmer circuit. It is not a 3-way lamp, so in a 3-way socket it will only operate at full output on one of the switch positions rather than stepping through levels.

No. The S9698 is flagged non-compliant for California Title 20, and Satco lists the S9625 as the Title 20 alternate substitute for that market. For jobs in any other state the S9698 is fine.

Damp location rated and listed for indoor use, so a bathroom, shower-adjacent ceiling can, or a covered interior-style soffit is fine. It is not wet rated, so skip locations with direct water exposure or driving rain.

A 105 degree spread is a wide flood, which is what you want for general ceiling wash in kitchens, hallways, and living spaces where cans are spaced several feet apart. The frosted lens diffuses the LED so you get even light rather than visible hot spots. For accenting artwork or a countertop feature you would want a narrower spot lamp, such as a PAR with a tighter beam.

The S9698 is fixed at 2700K warm white with 80 CRI, and it is not CCT selectable, so it will match other 2700K lamps but not 3000K or 4000K ones. For a fleet of units or a lobby ceiling, standardize the whole run on 2700K so adjacent cans do not read differently.

The S9698 ships as a 2-pack display pack, two BR30 lamps per pack, each rated 25,000 average hours. At typical apartment or common-area run times that is years between relamps, which is the point for property managers tired of ladder trips for incandescent floods.

Each S9698 draws 0.067 amps at 120V, 60Hz, so the lamp load itself is tiny, roughly 8 watts apiece. Circuit loading is almost never the limit with these; the practical limits are fixture count and your dimmer's minimum and maximum load rating for LED lamps.

Burning position is universal, so base-up in a downlight, base-down in a table or floor fixture, or horizontal in a sconce all work without affecting the lamp.

No, the S9698 is not DLC approved, so it will not qualify under rebate programs that require a DLC listing. It is FCC compliant for electromagnetic interference.