3000-3500K LED bulb substitute for a 75w halogen in a medium screwbase?
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Depends on what your definition of "dims well" is is. All screw-in replacements will drop OFF and bink ON between 0% to ~5-10%. Dimming up from 0%, the bulb doesn't know its supposed to be lit until it receives enough voltage, and by then its too late, so it pops ON, albeit at a very low level. Likewise fading down to zero, at some point it doesn't get its required minimum voltage, and just bumps to black.
So if you can live with that, any quality dimmable LED PAR30 from a trusted manufacturer should work. But we're not talking the $5-10 big box specials. Probably $30-50 per lamp.
The 3000-3500K color temperature may be tough. Most 75PAR30 incandescent lamps are around 2700K. For houselights I think warmer is better, and remember there's (usually) no amber-drift with LEDs.
Here's a past thread; there are certainly others: http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/lighting-electrics/27817-led-house-lamps.html .
EDIT: JD suggested, in this thread, products from TCP, via which I found this:
http://www.tcpi.com/FileUploads/Ric...fic_spec_sheet_47331_Rev02_59392_0D508887.pdf
Let us know your results.
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