LED Lights
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
I replaced three of the four 4' dual-tube florescent fixtures, that are above the garage's reloading and casting benches, with dual-tube LED fixtures. WOW!, what a difference they made.
The fourth fixture is over the laundry area and its light is more than sufficient till it's time to replace the tubes, then I'll change out the fixture to a LED.
All the table lamps have LEDs, too.
The fourth fixture is over the laundry area and its light is more than sufficient till it's time to replace the tubes, then I'll change out the fixture to a LED.
All the table lamps have LEDs, too.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
I didn't wait for mine to fail. Been replacing/converting them since I built this place in 2011. LED's were very expensive, back then. Prices have been steadily, coming down. Just this Spring, I had an electrician convert ten 4 foot/4 bulb shop fixtures, by removing the ballast and rewiring the fixtures. They do have LED replacement bulbs where you don't have to remove bypass the ballast. However, they come on considerably slower...................I went that route, with a couple of less used fixtures first. The can lights, I did myself, just bulb replacements.
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
We're replacing incandescents and fluorescents with LEDs, at a steady pace here. 5,000 degree Kelvin just about everywhere except bathrooms and bedrooms. 4,000 Kelvin in the bathrooms and 3,000 degrees Kelvin in the bedrooms.
LED's are not only far lower power users but they are much better light than incandesant's or fluorescent which produce yellow light, LED's produce white light making everything sharper and clearer. That's a good thing anywhere but in a machine shop . . . Priceless.
Paul Gauthier
Active Member
Nice mounting I like that, my loading area is all LED's, nothing better. On a side note I noticed that receiver on upper shelf on the right, looks like Kenwood just like mine, but I'll bet yours works, mine don't.
Tomme boy
Well-Known Member
I am using 100W flood light LED's in my area I load. Costco had a sale earlier this year on LED bulbs. 12 packs of 60W normal bulbs were $4.99. 4 packs of the flood lights were also $4.99. I bought enough to last 10 years or more. Hopefully they last longer than the first ones I had. They only lasted about 1 year. So we will see.
JonB
Halcyon member
Ain't that the truth.
I have bought several LED's with specialty bases of various flavors, for ceiling fan lighting and lamps. Those bulbs remain quite expensive, unless you buy 'em on ebay...BUT, I'd have several fail within a month or two...I also got one type that was cold sensitive...So, no more cheaply priced ebay LED bulbs for me. I think those ebay cheapies aren't built to FCC compliance, some will effect AM radio signals. So I learned to spend the big money for them locally, and if there is an issue, I can return them to the store.
I've replaced all bulbs with LEDs, with a couple exceptions.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Same here. Bought a new 5th Wheel in 2012 and the first thing I did was replace all the 12V bulbs with LED conversions. Best $100 I ever spent as batteries last three days instead of two. Makes a big difference in free camping and $35 a night camping.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I'm rapidly switching over to LED lights.
A few days ago, I had a bank of flour lights go out.
As the flour lights fail, they are being replaced with LED lights.
These LED's are guaranteed for 22 yrs. and use
much less power than the flour lights.
Ben
Ben, if you intend to use that "Lasts 22 years!" promise you'd better hang onto the cartons and receipt. I bought some "Last 20 years!!!" bulbs from a fund raiser done by a fraternal organization once. Paid something like $15.00 a bulb and got 4 IIRC. 10 months later the bulbs started dying. No one to go to to complain as the bulbs came in a plain white box with no wording. I wasn't happy.
JWFilips
Well-Known Member
LED's Well I'm constantly on the E-mail to GE & Sylvania! My light fails within 3 years! Some much less! Do Not buy into that long lasting Information!
Just make sure you have all the information saved on the LED lights you purchased expected to last 20 Years!
I have been using LED's since they hit the market. Nice light if you get the right color temperature! But I have never seen them last very long.
The thing is if you keep good documentation of you purchase you do not have to pay for any replacements!
In a "Nut shell" they are neat but they do not meet any of the advertised expectations!
Just make sure you have all the information saved on the LED lights you purchased expected to last 20 Years!
I have been using LED's since they hit the market. Nice light if you get the right color temperature! But I have never seen them last very long.
The thing is if you keep good documentation of you purchase you do not have to pay for any replacements!
In a "Nut shell" they are neat but they do not meet any of the advertised expectations!
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RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
FWIW, my master electrician friend told me the main issue is erratic power delivery to the bulb socket. Out here in the west, the voltage can very quite a bit on rural electrical systems. Plus he said old houses and houses with failing electrical systems give spikes and valleys to voltage delivery. He said the "110 volt/ 60 cycles" is an average not an absolute.