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BlueStreak

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32. Again, I've never had one fail

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 11:27 PM

Dec 2013

At this stage, I probably have 25 of them in my house and some have been around for 4 years or more. I also have about 20 battery powered LEDs with very high output Luxeon LEDs, designed for musicians. The casings have failed in 3 or 4 of those, but the electronics never have. Before that, I assembled LED lights for my musician friends. I used over 250 LEDs during that era and am not aware of any failures of the LEDs, although a solder connection here and there might have been broken. Those were the second generation "bright white" LEDs that are still used in cheap-ass LEDs. I don't buy any of those. I always buy the surface mount units with a single Luxeon-style diode. Those can go up to about 1000 lumens now. They generally cost over $20, but still an economic and environmental no-brainer for any situation where you use the light more than about 8 hours a week.

The LED device itself practically NEVER fails, regardless of how many times it is cycled. The driver circuitry might fail, but still should have a life expectancy of over 15 years regardless of the number of times cycled.

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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