Posted on 12/04/2011 3:48:27 PM PST by djf
Incandescent...cruise the site a bit and you’ll find ‘em.
Did you se if they had any of the clear ones or just the soft-whites?
Still, thats a darn good price for the soft whites!!! Sounds like I need to get over there!!
Thanks!!
I’m pretty sure it was just soft-whites. Philips. Made in Poland! I just looked, was expecting to see Mexico. Not China is the key point.
>My LED’s now installed will last for 50,000 hours.<
Sure they will. And my CFL’s will each last 5 years. NOT.
Huh? What makes you think that??? My posting about how light bulb regulations have the same basis as fuel economy regulations was in response to another poster's comment that fuel economy regulations were different than light bulb regulations. In case you couldn't tell, it is my belief that the federal government shouldn't have anything to do with either light bulbs or vehicle fuel economy regulations, or many of the other areas they are involved with. Do you have a problem with that?
thanks. I did... great deal any way you look at it.
Polly
I’m not saying they are not being marketed as such, only that they are mono-directional lights. Think stop lights and spot lights. Look at induction lighting if you want to see what all things will be going towards, after the LED fad wears off and people realize that LED sucks as a “flood” light. LED is more efficient than current lighting options, and with major consumers looking at costs, it was an alternative. But, that doesn’t mean it’s the right balance between providing adequate lighting and lowering costs. Induction lighting will be that balance. IMO.
Some devices will last longer if they're never turned on (some other devices will fail prematurely if they go too long without being turned on).
More to the point, if a 100-watt light bulb in a closet is used an average of 5 minutes per day (hardly an unusual situation) such a bulb will use one kWH every 120 days. At $0.10/kWH, that would be $0.30/year. Even if one could replace the light with a magical perfect light bulb which provided just as nice light, used zero energy, and never wore out, such a magical light bulb would in absolute practical terms not be much of an improvement over an old-fashioned incandescent. If the new improved light bulb cost $5, it would take 13 years to pay for itself, even ignoring the opportunity cost of the capital.
Rejoice: Incandescent Light Bulb Ban Suspended as of 12/16/2011.
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