[AT] LED lights

[charlie hill]

I've been seeing light bulbs in chicken brooders all my life.
I guess the replacement will cost a few hundred bucks and cost
as much or more to operate.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 8:46 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] LED lights

Bingo Charlie, we use a 60 watt bulb under a metal bucket to keep our
hydrant from freezing up in the winter.

Mike M

On 11/8/2014 8:17 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> I refuse to use the CFL bulbs but would have no problem with the LED's and
> will switch to them
> as needed.  However, I do have one question.  When all of the incandescent
> bulbs are gone what
> are we going to use to keep chicks warm in the brooder, dogs warm in the 
> dog
> house on cold nights
> and the water pump from freezing up?  Electric resistance heaters???????
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rlgoss at twc.com
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 2:46 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Cc: DDSS
> Subject: Re: [AT] LED lights
>
> My experience is that the total cost (original purchase plus cost of 
> power)
> is already low enough to make the investment in LED for lighting 
> worthwhile.
> Single wattage bulbs that are a direct replacement for the incandescent 
> ones
> we are used to are already available for less than $7 each, with an 
> expected
> life of 28 years.  They are dimmable and can be intermixed with existing
> tungsten bulbs with no noticeable changes; that is, they operate on 
> dimmers
> in exactly the same way so that you can not tell which style of bulb is in
> multiple bulb fixtures.  IMHO, they work better and look better than any 
> of
> the CFL bulbs.  And, they last several time longer than CFL's.  Now that
> 3-way LED bulbs are also available, that means that there are direct
> "screw-in" replacements for those existing floor and table lamps that we 
> all
> have in our homes.  Three-way bulbs are still a bit pricey, but they work
> satisfactorily and I have had no problems with them.  There is no direct
> conversion from !
> the old power consumption scheme we are used to (wattage) into the Lumens
> method that is being used for LED's, but a conversion for the old and new
> methods is printed on the package of each LED bulb you buy, and a few
> minutes study in the store will let you figure out whether a particular 
> bulb
> is going to be "the right size" for your particular application.
>
>
> Larry
>
>
> ---- DDSS <ddss at telebeep.com> wrote:
>> The cost of 110-volt LED's is still pretty high and there doesn't seem to
>> be
>> much available on high-output, at least that I could find.
>>
>> I know they use 12-volt lights on boats and vehicles but am wondering why
>> I
>> could not do the same in our barn.
>>
>> There are quite a few 110v power supplies that output 12-volts DC.   saw
>> one
>> that might work on Amazon...
>> http://www.amazon.com/Audiotek-Output-Mobile-Supply-AT-PS36/dp/B00DERSXWI/ref=sr_1_94?ie=UTF8&qid=1415469220&sr=8-94&keywords=12volt+power+supply
>> LED's draw about 3 watts each, so they really don't take a lot to power
>> them.
>>
>> Has anyone done this?  I am not sure how much line loss there is with DC
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
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