REDUCE LED BRIGHTNESS WITHOUT A DIMMER!!

[@rafeequehassan6752]

Happiness is to know that there people out there with similar problems

[@thinkreno]

😆

[@screamwall]

I just moved into a new apartment, and I wanted to replace the bulbs because all of the lights are insanely bright. Turns out, they are all led lights. I will definitely try this. Thanks for the great vid.

[@abisayopeterabiodun574]

"You can be seen from space"🤣🤣... I laughed so hard.. I had that exact problem, that's why I came for this video

[@thinkreno]

Haha. Thanks!

[@melissamularski]

Same!

[@twosweethounds]

Thank you for this! If so many people are having this exact problem, why aren't the manufacturers doing something about it?????

[@Apededos]

your voice is very comforting, great content btw. i'm gonna try this out !

[@dianeardner3087]

Thanks so much for this informative (and fun) video. I used an off-brand of Baby Don't Cry and I am no longer crying when my new range hood lights are on.

[@alexiz689]

I used parchment paper for large LED lights in my garage - saved me $50 in dimming film. Works great. Thanks!

[@judysonnleitner5928]

Your video gave my wife an idea to dim our two LED fan lights. We choose the Parchment Paper solution. Our fans frosted light cover is 7" in diameter. She found a serving bowl of that size. She traced the outline onto Parchment Paper, and cut to that line. (We found that an additional cut to the center of each sheet we made allowed us to tuck the paper easily into the inside of the globe. We ended up using three circles of PP for each light.---THANK YOU for the inspiration!!!

[@thinkreno]

Glad it helped!

[@bigmaclooiee2]

This channel is pure Gold. Well done and thank you, sir! I hope it takes off for you.

[@kcoo6280]

Three layers of parchment paper worked great for a too bright LED half globe hall light. Thought I'd have to replace, but saw your video and gave it a try. Lined the globe with the layers of paper, formed it to the globe, cut it and cut a hole for the mount. Worked great!!!! Thank you!

[@thinkreno]

Glad the tip helped!!

[@bourbon44]

I am an electrician but never installed LED downlights. This video was good but to stick the "baby don't cry" on the outside of my downlights looked bad. My back plate on a 4" round was obstructed from coming off so after 3 tries at different installs I just did like you said and took out the screws on the back plate, then from the finished side I pushed the lens up away from the trim and installed the "baby don't cry" sheet WITHOUT removing the backing that covers the sticky stuff. Just push it up a bit and gently install the round cut-out sheet backing and all. Looks great. Thanks

[@patrick7194]

Brother, thank you so much for the ideas. Was going bananas trying to figure out a way to get my new LED recessed lights to dim further. They were waaaay too bright even at the lowest setting on the dimmer switch. The parchment paper trick worked perfectly!! Depending on the amount of parchment paper sheets you use or the "tint" they happen to be, you can fine tune the lights to near perfect. Thanks again for the video. It was..... brilliant! 🍺

[@lousinekaribian916]

The sound of your voice is calm and pleasant. You definitely will keep growing on here. Question...is it safe to have tape inside the light?

[@thinkreno]

You can use duct tape with LED lights. LED lights do not get hot so will not burn anything, but regardless, duct tape is coated with polythene which isn't flammable.

[@nonawolf7495]

Awesome video!!! My super cheap recessed light was glued together, so I can't even open it up. Instead I cut 3 pieces of parchment paper and used double sided tape to adhere the paper sheets to each other, then to the outside of the fixture. It's not elegant - but it works! (I traced around a wine glass to get a perfect circle, so I guess that makes it a little bit elegant!)

[@slightlyalteredcustomsewin7198]

Thank you for such a thorough tutorial and comparison! Very much appreciate your time and detail.

[@NeutronStar9]

You have a great sense of humor

[@adamsobaah1889]

I used parchment paper and it worked! I also did put an extra Graphite coating with the help of a pencil and that made it dimmer easily.

[@thinkreno]

Great idea with the pencil! 👍🏼

[@rajeevgopwani9736]

You have a nice calm voice. Subscribed! Thanks for the ideas

[@jackiew1671]

The parchment paper worked great for me! I had unbleached parchment paper on hand for baking and I really liked how the slight brownish color gave my under-cabinet lighting a soft warm glow. Thanks so much for tip! I thought I was going to need to install a dimmer.

[@thinkreno]

Glad it helped!

[@kristineroland2860]

I don't like overbright LEDs either, I will definitely try these tips.

[@SupremeRuler-yu1ki]

Thanks! I was suffering from constant eye pain.

[@MissMolsonIndy]

These DIY videos are great! Keep them coming!

[@billscott6819]

Great video, I needed this fix on sme newly installed leds. Baby don't cry no more! 🍻

[@anonymousa.y563]

I'm PMSing and I like this video. Dunno how I got here. But good job 😭. Baby no cry.

[@BiGn4givN]

I really appreciate this video. You did a great job with the comparison!

[@thinkreno]

Thanks Nathan. Appreciate the comment!

[@puneetmaheshwari]

that "baby no cry" cracked me everytime lmao and thanks 7:35 NOOO😭😭 ur voice is nice

[@thinkreno]

🤣

[@krisdecke3322]

Thanks will try on my office lights. Appreciate the video.

[@thinkreno]

Glad it helped

[@AtlantaCzar]

When we switched to LED lights, there was an ungodly amount of shadows cast around the rooms. After doing “baby don’t cry” , those shadows decreased and disappeared completely. Some areas we used 2 layers. It’s been working pretty well so far.

[@thinkreno]

Glad it helped!

[@guvbansal6565]

Good vid. Great humour!

[@alantaylor3329]

Great job! I have square lamps for LED exterior lighting installed and the ones closest to the house are way too glare oriented. I'm going to try the baby light dims on the closer to the front door so you don't walk out feeling you're getting blasted. Great job!

[@alantaylor3329]

Also, the packaging says they can just peel off so I guess it's sort of like a film protector on your cell phone? So if I want to take them off I can always do that It looks like to me it won't leave waxy or glue like residue.

[@thinkreno]

Exactly. It peels off easily!

[@MuttonChops24]

for a cleaner install on the baby dont cry paper, you couldve taken the light apart and cut it to fit just like you did the rest.

[@thinkreno]

True. Although if you just use that then you don’t actually need to take any lights apart. Would just save time...

[@Sundial1k]

Thanks! I'm going to try a small square of duct tape over the dome of my too bright round bulbs.

[@JohnCranshaw-hx7ln]

Thank god I saw your video! I was going to put the light filters on my baby's eyes. I now see that was the wrong approach.

[@bonnieb6984]

Thanks for this great video. What dimmer switch would you recommend with the lights you are showing, I have the same ones and want to install a dimmer switch

[@thinkreno]

I used a Bluetooth switch so that I could connect to Alexa. But there are many regular dimmers that would work. Just make sure they are LED appropriate. If they’re not, you’ll hear a buzzing noise when you dim.

[@lostinmyspace4910]

The sound of your voice is not annoying. OK, got over that. I just installed new 48 inch LED light bulbs in my old neon fixtures, and eliminated the ballasts. Quite bright, so I am asking what can I put in the fixtures besides the same plastic covers to tone the brightness down? I was thinking some other kind of plastic sheeting on top of the existing one in there now. Any comments would be appreciated. THUMBS UP!!

[@thinkreno]

Do you mean inside the cover? You could try parchment paper. It can at least roll out 48”...

[@lostinmyspace4910]

@@thinkreno I did that last nite and am fairly happy how it toned down the brightness. What I did was rolled out the parchment paper to the length, then did it again, so two layers. It softens the brightness okay. I thought I had to tape down the corners of the paper to keep it from curling, but the scotch tape doesn't stick to parchment. The paper laid flat enough if you flip it down. Problem solved, and thanks for the tip, and great video content.. THUMBS UP!

[@EnglishIsFun4]

Thank you so much I would have gone blind if not for this. I ended up using a sticker sheet which works the same as a baby don't cry sheet and is cheaper.

[@ftwproject658]

Hello, thank you for the advice. Any suggestions for the LED pool lights. I could not find any dimmable ones and now need a way to dim them yet make waterproof. I can open the cover with the clear plastic shield, but am wondering if using adhesive dimming film will stay or maybe painting the transparent protective shield is a better option?

[@thinkreno]

If you can open the cover and stick a dimming softening sheet on the inside, I think that would work

[@harishveeramani2907]

Excellent trick! Keep up the nice work. Cheers!

[@amandaturner8087]

Thanks from 🇬🇧

[@peterjg001]

I love your sense of humour 😂

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

Isn’t there a way to just remove some of the LEDs? Or would that mean having to change other components?

[@thinkreno]

That wasn’t possible with my particular lights!

[@tmtruett]

Does this reduce the Lumens? I added several similar lights like yours to existing ceiling lights not realizing that the new one were 800 lumnes and the old ones are 700 lumens.

[@thinkreno]

Yes, it will definitely help

[@doanhtran]

what about using privacy spray paint on the diffuser?

[@thinkreno]

Sure. Give it a try. Let us know how it goes

[@scottmiddleton3663]

This was really helpful. Ty!!

[@summerwinter2272]

great comparison

[@choomanfoo]

Thank you for not shouting!

[@bellacarroll]

You're hilarious. Subscribing, even though this didn't help my particular situation since my issue is the LED bulb sizes that fit in my recessed cans are crazy bright.

[@thinkreno]

I had the same problem in the past with super bright LED bulbs so I just bought a can of frosting spray and sprayed the actual bulb. Worked like a charm

[@melissamularski]

Oh my God that’s a great idea!! Thank you!

[@MalayalamTechOfficial]

Nice video mate 👍

[@spencermoore2468]

Thank you very much. Great video.

[@RoundheadRecords]

I subscribed. Would appreciate your advice. 1st purchased monster led strips for a small music studio and built a black guard on top of sound boxes so the blue light is above - very cool for the price. The problem I am having is I like working under soft lighting but the leds - do not produce much more than cool accent lighting - even 7 of them. So, I found at the dollar store of all places a government contract for them to sell fairly small black led desk lamps at a very low cost but non-dim able. Of course, they are too bright white. I tried several things - 1st purchased blue plastic school folders and cut circles to fit - color worked but heat increased on the fixture. I drilled some small air holes and of course, killed a couple of lamps before I think I got the heat down but - I need some white light, thus I would like to dim these. For a small desk lamp, it is a powerful little too bright white. There does not look like there is anything on these to take apart and do what you did. I was wondering if you knew of any product that could lessen the white light but not increase heat within the lamp. Amazon has these round pieces - various sizes - half I would never use and a couple of sheets of material that can be cut - but they say nothing about increasing internal heat. So my question is - do you have any idea of the material that can reside or stick to the outside of a bright white dimmable led light that will not produce more heat and something I could try to reach a level to where I could use four or less of these on a studio desk? Cool little lights - the government allows Dollar Stores to sell for $1.25 to get people to use to cut back on energy usage - man that is a great price but it may just not work unless I can find a way to dim the white light AND I hope to cover a couple with a blue film to add to the blue hue of the room - a favorite color. You have some great stuff - thanks -

[@thinkreno]

I would suggest trying the dimming softening sheets. They are meant to take the heat the lights give off and can be cut to any shape and size. There is a link for them in the description of the video. Good luck!

[@franciscobastos7184]

Thanks for the hints

[@Ash-cy7yw]

Will the 'baby don't cry' sheets hold up outside? What is the brand name by the way and are they self adhesive? I want to dull a neighbors stupid as hell flood lights aimed needlessly directly at my house.

[@thinkreno]

The ones I used are from Amazon and are called “Lightdims” - they say they can be used outside

[@billw192]

This is genius! I will add that the wafer LEDs are the worst culprit for glare. Get a recessed that has the LED light as far above the ceiling plane as possible., and if you want the least glare get the trim interior in Alzak or haze (acid washed Alzak).

[@jairajsawarn]

Loved this video mate! I'm in exact situation!

[@thinkreno]

Cheers! 👍🏼

[@Authorthings]

I want to try one of these on the glass cover of my porch light (a led strip behind a glass cover and metal cage, 800 ridiculous lumens that was the only thing that would fit next to the door), but I worry about something starting a fire (even if it's not supposed to). The metal base of the light gets up to 120°F when its 100°F outside and 92°F when its 72°F outside. So Im just very worried all the time.

[@thinkreno]

You could just use parchment paper. Parchment paper can withstand temperatures up to 420°F, which is why people use it to cook with in ovens.

[@cherylvarner3852]

Any suggestions for dimming LED lights in rice light form? I bought a table top tree with branches made of (and lit by) twisted LED rice lights. It is soooooo bright.... We've thought about maybe trying rubber cement.

[@thinkreno]

Depending on how many lights, you could tape off each one and hit it with frosting spray. A few coats work well to dim the brightness

[@pmk6530]

can you please give the name of the item you bought at amazon? what is the price?

[@thinkreno]

www.amazon.ca/LightDims-Dimming-Softening-Electronics-Appliances/dp/B06WVKMYJN/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?crid=VE6KTCP6Q4V1&keywords=light+dim&qid=1667447964&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIxLjQxIiwicXNhIjoiMC44OSIsInFzcCI6IjAuOTIifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=loght+dim%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-4

[@thomasprince1990]

Very helpful. Thank you. ☺️

[@TheJumpRopeAddict]

Glad I found this I’m having the same issue luckily only 2 lights in the living room but WAY to bright!!! Lol I’m gonna use duck tape my wife likes it dark anyways

[@direxxion]

Hi great video what’s the app u used on your phone

[@thinkreno]

It was just called “LightMeter” on the apple App Store

[@1StIwY1]

I solved my problem! The light was too bright in my room. My 24 watts 4000k ceiling led light have a flat and rounded shape. Was easy to open it up and put 8 layers of parchment paper, (a cheap one bought from a supermarket ) and now it's like the watts went to 24 to 18watts more or less. Also the light now is a little warmer, i'd say around 5200k

[@thinkreno]

👍🏼

[@corylafollett8095]

Did you ever end up trying multiple sheets of parchment paper? If so then how did it work?

[@thinkreno]

Yes, I tried it. You need to use 4-5 sheets for it to make a noticeable difference...

[@amelia0086]

Came for the DIY, stayed for the lols

[@jessicagoldberg183]

I went a little farther with unbleached parchment paper. It is perfect!

[@tray9289]

I’m looking on Amazon and I can’t find the baby don’t cry softening sheets… Can you share the link to them? Thank you

[@thinkreno]

I had the link in the description but here you go: www.amazon.ca/LightDims-Softening-Electronics-Appliances-Packaging/dp/B07BD2B7G3/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=lightdims&qid=1589694341&s=hi&sr=1-8

[@erictank8421]

May I know the name of the lux meter software ?

[@thinkreno]

Sure. It’s just an app called “LightMeter”. It has a picture of a lightbulb with the word LUX written inside it

[@williambenson7197]

good video, great personality

[@reddevil9554]

That last joke got a sub. :D

[@thinkreno]

Glad someone liked it. 😆

[@billybob-392]

haha your voice IS a little annoying (kidding) but great video , good idea ... this is a big money saver over dimmers for every room .. 👌i think your internal mods are better than the sticky sheet on the exterior which would be annoyingly visible .

[@esperanzaduran810]

It my recessed lights are already installed in the roof?? What can I do???

[@thinkreno]

If you buy the diffuser sheet, you can just cut out the shape you need and stick it directly on the LED light in the ceiling. Just need someone to climb the ladder!

[@aydinhusein240]

Then maybe the best solution is : use a duct tape but do not cover the whole of the white sheet > but if you change them to a lower wattage it will be great > thank you

[@Amolsshelke]

Nice Thank you

[@meetsachdeva8157]

Can I come to your studio to learn editing

[@sbhm1108]

😂✨Nice vid!!

[@CRAZYCR1T1C]

But isn’t it a complete waste of electricity to sabotage a bright light. Buy lower wattage lighting?

[@thinkreno]

They’re only 10 watts, just extraordinarily bright

[@littletallon]

Why don’t downlights come in reduced lumens? What a waste of electricity!

[@diauser3327]

your comment " can literally be seen from space", thats how irritating is the glare from these led bulbs in any form [be it t bulb, regular bulb, disco bulb or anything], its so annoying while i am not able to find a single viable led bulb option for my study room without any irritating bright glares,

[@clarefolson9522]

Is the parchment paper a fire hazard?

[@thinkreno]

Considering it’s meant to use in an oven, no, it’s not a fire hazard ;) As well, LED lights do not get hot, just warm to the touch.

[@garciamartinez4188]

HAHAHAHAHA crazy funny loves it

[@alexanderd.m.565]

Bro nice idea but duct tape has some aluminum, I think it's a nice fire hazzard, please anybody prove me wrong if I'm mistaken

[@thinkreno]

Duct tape is coated with polyethylene, which won’t burn. And the adhesive used for duct tape includes rubber, which doesn’t burn either. It would just melt and get sticky under high heat. Would it burn if you threw it into a bon fire? Sure. Most things would.

[@TheAndreykitsa]

when you 50 years old and dont know about resistors

[@Davidbrotheridge]

He is hilarious

[@sphinxrising1129]

Instead of buying overpriced sheets off the net, at any craft store, you can buy defusing sheets designed to enhance privacy by applying said sheets to transparent glass.

[@shashankks6708]

Baby don't cry

[@trashmenagerie5616]

I'm gonna try this I'm getting constant headaches from the lights in my appartment 🥲