[AT] LED lights

[rlgoss at twc.com]

!!!  But, but, but... my grandmother wrote in her diaries about the trials of keeping it warm in the brooder, Charlie.  There are those who would say that you are taking the easy way out to make use of an electric light bulb for that purpose.  She did it with nothing any more sophisticated than an oil lamp.  It helped to put the brooder in the fruit cellar. That way, the temperature was more consistent year around. The last time I checked, that brooder was still in the corner of the cellar a century later.

Larry


Larry
---- charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote: 
> 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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