[AT] OT LED question

[Spencer Yost]

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.
> 
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> 
> 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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