[AT] LED lights

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Wed Nov 12 06:49:46 PST 2014


On 11/12/2014 7:01 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> Fluorescents don't like cold, and depending on how cold, they can take
> something on the order of minutes to come up to full brightness.  Some
> fluorescents, using older ballast technology, will never start at all.
> LED's love cold, the colder the better and brighter.  LED's dim as they
> heat up.  Witness the fact that heat-sinking of LED's is a big deal.  Take
> a close look at some of the newest, high-output LED bulbs for 110V
> applications.  You'll see a pretty fancy finned thing.  Heat sink.
>
> SO
LEDs like cold? That is good to know. When I can't buy incandescents 
anymore I will likely need
  to try LED out in my workshop where it is not uncommon to turn the 
lights on at 0 degrees this time of year .

Ralph in Sask.
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