Thousands of light bulbs.
Aug 15th 2017, 2:06 pm
#47
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Re: Thousands of light bulbs.
Illuminating discussion.
Aug 16th 2017, 10:15 pm
#48
Peace onion
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Re: Thousands of light bulbs.
CFL's were a big disaster and something of an embarrassment to the 'green' movement. They were expensive, non-dimmable, took a while to come on and even longer to settle down to a stable light output (early versions), and included mercury in their bulbs which meant they had to be disposed of at a hazardous waste facility. If you break a CFL at home, you are SUPPOSED to go through a fairly lengthy procedure - https://www.epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl ... who ever did all that ...
Thankfully LEDs have come to the rescue and seem to be a viable alternative to good old incandescents. However, I recently installed a 12-bulb fixture in my bathroom and it would have cost more for the bulbs than for the fixture to install LEDs, so I bought incandescents for it. LED lights can be found cheap on Amazon, but they are still quite pricey in retail stores; and the cheapest LED lights aren't dimmable.
Thankfully LEDs have come to the rescue and seem to be a viable alternative to good old incandescents. However, I recently installed a 12-bulb fixture in my bathroom and it would have cost more for the bulbs than for the fixture to install LEDs, so I bought incandescents for it. LED lights can be found cheap on Amazon, but they are still quite pricey in retail stores; and the cheapest LED lights aren't dimmable.
Aug 17th 2017, 1:05 am
#49
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Re: Thousands of light bulbs.
Depends on the reputation of the manufacturer. Use Cree, or Lumiled based fixtures, and the output is guaranteed to decay less than 10% after 50,000 hours of continuous operation.
