[AT] LED lights

Dick Day dickday0 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 9 03:04:34 PST 2014


I just wanted to make sure what I had said was still the case.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 11:11 PM, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
> 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"  ?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----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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