[AT] Battery Charger recommendations

[Steve W.]

Mike M wrote:
> You can still buy high wattage incandescent bulbs, I just ordered some 
> 300 watt bulbs for our barn. The CFL's take too long to warm up and are 
> dangerous in my opinion, I have witnessed them burning and burning brown 
> by the base. Not good in a barn with dry wood and hay. I'll eventually 
> make the transition to LED's but right now I can't find one that is 
> affordable that will throw the lumens the 300 watt one will. I have 
> noticed that cost of them is dropping like a stone. They should have 
> known only early adopters would pay $40 a bulb.
> 
> Mike M

I switched everything over to LED. House, shop, exterior lighting. This 
was the middle of last year. I will NEVER go back to incandescents or 
fluorescent lamps unless there is no other option for a particular item.
LEDs LOVE the cold, they actually get brighter the more heat you can 
pull from the diode junctions.

Running the numbers on them 75% of them are already paid for in savings, 
the others are not on long enough to get a rapid ROI.

Only complaints are

1- some of the cheap ones have power supplies with piss poor shielding 
so they toss out a LOT of RF hash. (Remedied most of this with common 
aluminum duct tape added as a shield in the housing)

2- due to the location of one outside light and it's relative position 
to the road I have to adjust the flood bulb down when the trees are 
bare. This is because the bright point source light from an LED looks 
VERY VERY bright from that angle. Even off axis it appears very bright, 
although it throws very little light at that angle.



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Steve W.