SATCO Lighting S9982 6.5W, LED MR16, 4000K, 40ft beam spread, Medium Base, 120V

It is an enclosed rated lamp, so a closed jelly-jar, a lensed downlight or a sealed decorative fixture is fine. Burning position is universal, so base-up, base-down or horizontal all work. Rating is for damp locations indoors, which covers a bathroom or a covered porch ceiling, not direct wet exposure.

Yes, it dims. Keep in mind it draws 0.054 amps, so a run of these on one leading-edge incandescent dimmer may sit below the dimmer's minimum load and flicker or drop out at the low end. An LED-rated dimmer is the fix.

4000K is neutral white, the colour most people read as clean commercial light. It suits corridors, lobbies, garages, retail and back-of-house. For apartment living rooms and units where tenants expect a warm look, 4000K will read blue against existing 2700K lamps. Colour is fixed on the S9982, it is not a selectable-CCT lamp, so pick the temperature at the order rather than at the fixture.

40 degree beam spread, which is flood territory rather than a tight spot. It washes a surface instead of punching a hard pool of light, so it works for general downlighting and even coverage on track. If you need to accent a single piece of artwork or a display case, a narrower spot beam does that better.

No. The S9982 is not DLC listed, so it will not qualify under a utility program that requires a DesignLights Consortium listing. If your rebate paperwork calls for a DLC qualified product ID, you need a different lamp. The S9982 is FCC compliant and carries the California lawful-for-sale designation.

CRI is 80, which is the standard for general and commercial lighting: colours read accurately enough for offices, corridors, storage and most retail floors. For a jewelry case, a paint counter, a gallery or anywhere colour fidelity is the sale, specify a 90+ CRI lamp instead.

25,000 average rated hours. On a 12 hour a day corridor or common-area schedule that is roughly 5.7 years between relamps, which is the number to build a maintenance cycle around rather than the hours figure itself.

Both the lens and the base are plastic, with a clear lens and a white housing. For multi-family, dorms, gyms and anywhere a lamp gets bumped or changed by a tenant, a plastic lens does not shatter the way a glass MR16 does. The clear lens keeps the 40 degree beam defined instead of diffusing it.

Not as a three-way. The S9982 is a single-output lamp, so in a three-way socket it will light at one level regardless of which position the switch is in, or may only come on in certain positions. It does dim on a proper dimmer, which is the better route if you want level control.