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davidpdx

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36. I agree

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 11:53 PM

Dec 2013

We paid $27 a piece here in Korea for two light bulbs to put in our bathroom.

In all the other rooms (with the exception of the entry way and the small veranda) the lights are florescent. If and when we ever decide to do some remodeling I may have those fixtures swapped out for ones I can use LED lights. The LED lights also have this little box (I have no idea what it does) that when it goes out the whole box replaced which entails cutting wires and rewiring the new one. That happened to us last month and I was able to find the materials, but wasn't brave enough to try doing it myself. I'm hoping that won't happen again.

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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