[AT] OT LED question

[Dick Day]

To add to what Spencer said, this, even grumpier, old man knows that the
failure rate of most LED's is pretty dismal.  Actually, I believe it's the
drivers that fail.

I like not using as much electricity and I like the almost instant-on in
super cold temps but that all comes at a price.

On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:

> You folks know me:   I try really hard to not be that grumpy old man that
> says everything new is terrible.  In fact I don't even have to try all that
> hard.  Adapting comes naturally.
>
> However I am that grumpy old man when it comes to light bulbs tho....   I
> hate CFLs and LEDs.   None of them last like they claim and the light
> quality stinks.
>
> You have my sympathy.
>
> Tractor/ATIS reference:
>
> General purpose LED bulbs are  not dimmable without side effects,  for
> enclosed housings or rough service.   In fact one LED in a dimmable circuit
> would make my UPS (that keeps ATIS up during power outages) transformer
> hum. It was the weirdest thing.   Slide the dimmer down halfway and the UPS
> would make a racket.   All the way up and it would be fine.   Completely
> different circuits too.   The bulb itself would dim fine without effect but
> my UPS hated it.
>
> Spencer Yost
>
> > On Nov 2, 2016, at 9:50 AM, <rlgoss at twc.com> <rlgoss at twc.com> wrote:
> >
> > I had that happen on an LED desk lamp.  It turned out that one portion
> of the circuitry went open-circuit and the lamp was working at about half.
> The store gave me a replacement for it and everything has been fine since
> then.
> >
> >
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > ---- Ron Cook <ron at lakeport-1.com> wrote:
> >> Based on the discussion here a little over a year ago, I put some LED
> >> lights here and there.  One being in the kitchen.  Seemed good. However,
> >> lately I have been having trouble seeing well in the kitchen.  Just
> >> seemed like there was not enough light.  I just screwed the CREE LED out
> >> and installed one of my old 100W incandescent bulbs.  Holy Smokes!!!!  I
> >> can see again.  I was getting worried about my eyes.  Why has this
> >> expensive LED bulb dimmed down??  I think the govmnt stuck it to us
> >> again like the digital television signal.
> >>
> >> Ron
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