[AT] LED lights

Sat Nov 8 21:11:42 PST 2014

I did Dick, are you re-posting internet legends or your own experience? 
Doesn't matter to me it will cost me less than $10 to replace my CFL's 
with incandescent bulbs, not worth my time to do a lot of research  on 
the subject.

Mike M

On 11/8/2014 11:14 PM, DDSS wrote:
> Did you google   "cfl fires"  ?
>
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> From: Mike
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> That's good information Dick, we have CFL's in our horse barn, they'll
> be replaced tomorrow, hay and sparks are a bad combination.
>
> Mike M
>
> On 11/8/2014 8:57 PM, DDSS wrote:
>> I had replaced almost all of ourold light bulbs with CFL's and I happen to
>> be in the bathroom when I saw sparks come flying out of the light fixture.
>> Scared the crap out of me (bathroom seems like a good place to be when
>> that
>> happens).  I did some research and the CFL manufacturers say that is
>> "normal
>> behavior".  Sparks?  Normal?   I did a search for "CFL fires" on You Tube.
>> After than, I removed every CFL and replaced them with standard or LED's.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Bruce
>> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 2:42 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] LED lights
>>
>> I have replaced my most often used incandescent bulbs with CFL bulbs and
>> as they expire I'll move to LED bulbs for those applications. With heavy
>> use the reduced energy cost recovers the bulb cost differential more
>> quickly. On the other hand those incandescent bulbs that I rarely turn
>> on like the ones in the attic would never makes sense to replace in the
>> same manner.
>>
>> Maybe I can "leapfrog" the technology.
>>
>> David
>> NW NC
>>
>> On 11/8/2014 2:46 PM, rlgoss at twc.com wrote:
>>> 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 fro!
>> m !
>>>     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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