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BlueStreak

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21. I haven't had any LED failures

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 10:44 PM

Dec 2013

I had a few CFL failures. I stopped buying these after the third one went up in smoke, literally. Seemed dangerous. They are OK when they are not in an enclosure that builds up heat.

The LED's I bought 3 years ago aren't great light, but the ones I get today are terrific. Some are whiter than we might be accustomed to, but I don't see that as a problem.

I have been gradually replacing all the floodlights in my house with LEDs. I only buy the ones that are at least 750 lumens. Phillips makes one that is only 10W for 750 lumens. This is about the same amount and quality of useful light from the incandescent bulbs I replace. That will last a lot longer than I will stay in this house -- easily 20 years. At $20, this is a no-brainer because it is an area that we illuminate frequently. I am working my way toward the areas where the lights are on only a few hours a week. Over time, the LEDs will get cheap enough for those to make sense.

I just don't understand anybody clinging to wasteful Edison lights at this stage.

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For those of you that can't stand fluorescent and LED light and like incandescent [View all] Drew Richards Dec 2013 OP

Awesome thanks!!..nt Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #1

Remind me of these resources Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #2

I dont know what it is with fluoruscents but long exposure to them make me feel weak and LED Drew Richards Dec 2013 #5

Have you considered the possiblity that you are truedelphi Dec 2013 #12

Well i do tend to fight a lot of zombies and collect suns...so....Maybe :) Drew Richards Dec 2013 #14

Ah, so that is my problem with being at work all day! Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #15

just use one the more Duckhunter935 Dec 2013 #17

I was unaware that there were more efficient incandescents. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #19

Thanks!!!!!! djean111 Dec 2013 #3

Can you recommend a good vehicle that gets 12 MPG and belches toxic smoke? BlueStreak Dec 2013 #4

^^^ THIS ^^^ madinmaryland Dec 2013 #7

Really? you log into this thread just to post a snide snarky remark? Really? Drew Richards Dec 2013 #8

Well... NutmegYankee Dec 2013 #16

Wrong, you dump it along your fence, so you won't have to edge. oneshooter Dec 2013 #18

Nice straw man. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #20

It isn't a straw man. The proposition is to circumvent the move to better efficiency. BlueStreak Dec 2013 #24

My eyes can't handle CFLs. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #25

CFLs are more toxic that incadescents are, not bleching toxic smoke, so it is a straw man uppityperson Dec 2013 #27

Do you know where electricity comes from? BlueStreak Dec 2013 #29

LEDs are the way to go, am glad they are going down in price, will be happy when they uppityperson Dec 2013 #30

I just bought an old 70's truck that meets the description NoOneMan Dec 2013 #31

I have a bunch od Edison bulbs I replaced with LEDs BlueStreak Dec 2013 #34

I don't much like fluorescents ... surrealAmerican Dec 2013 #6

they will get there Duckhunter935 Dec 2013 #9

I just bought some PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #11

LED's are not too bad but I have used them at work and home and here is what I have found so far Drew Richards Dec 2013 #13

I haven't had any LED failures BlueStreak Dec 2013 #21

If you turn your lights on and off, CFL's don't last as long. They last longer if the light is left uppityperson Dec 2013 #28

Again, I've never had one fail BlueStreak Dec 2013 #32

We have had CFLs fail as well as worries when they get broken. LEDs are good uppityperson Dec 2013 #37

Beware of cheap LEDs Kablooie Dec 2013 #26

I recommend avoiding any LED light that uses more than one diode BlueStreak Dec 2013 #33

I agree davidpdx Dec 2013 #36

I like CFL's RC Dec 2013 #10

The lightbulbs Ive been using all year that I thought were incandescent are halogens. diane in sf Dec 2013 #22

Thanks for the links! Matariki Dec 2013 #23

LED lights come in many different brightnesses NuclearDem Dec 2013 #35

Buy halogen bulbs krispos42 Dec 2013 #38