[AT] LED lights

DDSS ddss at telebeep.com
Sat Nov 8 20:14:27 PST 2014


Did you google   "cfl fires"  ?

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From: Mike
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 9:54 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] LED lights

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.
>
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> -----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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