I have 18 can lights in my house and have hated replacing the old school bulbs in them. When I saw that LEDs should last 20 years I got interested. I just recently looked into rebates and whatnot to keep the cost down. For this to work you have to be a customer of Rocky Mountain Power.
Basically you can buy the regular LED bulbs at a local store and the "rebate" is built into the price so you pay less at the store and don't have to submit any paperwork. For flood style bulbs that work with recessed fixtures they cost about $12-25.
The other option is to buy a "fixture" which RMP offers a $20 mail in rebate on. Something like this. It is a bezel and a LED built into one piece. You unscrew the existing light bulb and pull out the ring from the fixture. The new fixture has a pigtail that you screw into the socket and then the whole thing slides up into the hole mounting flush to the ceiling. The fixture costs $23 right now so after the rebate you end up paying $3. I think that these look cleaner and better than the ring and bulb screwed in.
The program is going to change on October 24. (not super easy to read, relevant parts quoted below)
Eligible Fixture List - Make sure whatever you buy is on the list. The link to Lowes above are the fixtures that I bought. On the list the model number shows up with a different manufacturer but I called RMP to ensure there wasn't and issue with this. They said it was fine.
Light Fixture Rebate Page - Rocky Mountain Power - Here is the link to the RMP page that has some more on the program.
You can submit the rebate online which is what I did. It was super easy and only took a few minutes.
I hope that his helps. I have bought 9 of these over the last few weeks and installed them this morning, it was super easy. I plan to keep the good old style bulbs to replace the other ones as they burn out but am thinking that I'll buy the 9 more new fixtures so when all my old bulbs are dead I can have these LEDs to replace them with while still maximizing my rebate.
Here is a picture of a couple from my kitchen.
Saving money is good, it means there is more to spend on my rig.
Basically you can buy the regular LED bulbs at a local store and the "rebate" is built into the price so you pay less at the store and don't have to submit any paperwork. For flood style bulbs that work with recessed fixtures they cost about $12-25.
The other option is to buy a "fixture" which RMP offers a $20 mail in rebate on. Something like this. It is a bezel and a LED built into one piece. You unscrew the existing light bulb and pull out the ring from the fixture. The new fixture has a pigtail that you screw into the socket and then the whole thing slides up into the hole mounting flush to the ceiling. The fixture costs $23 right now so after the rebate you end up paying $3. I think that these look cleaner and better than the ring and bulb screwed in.
The program is going to change on October 24. (not super easy to read, relevant parts quoted below)
Eligible Fixture List - Make sure whatever you buy is on the list. The link to Lowes above are the fixtures that I bought. On the list the model number shows up with a different manufacturer but I called RMP to ensure there wasn't and issue with this. They said it was fine.
Light Fixture Rebate Page - Rocky Mountain Power - Here is the link to the RMP page that has some more on the program.
You can submit the rebate online which is what I did. It was super easy and only took a few minutes.
I hope that his helps. I have bought 9 of these over the last few weeks and installed them this morning, it was super easy. I plan to keep the good old style bulbs to replace the other ones as they burn out but am thinking that I'll buy the 9 more new fixtures so when all my old bulbs are dead I can have these LEDs to replace them with while still maximizing my rebate.
Here is a picture of a couple from my kitchen.
Saving money is good, it means there is more to spend on my rig.
