[AT] LEDs
Cecil Bearden
crbearden at copper.net
Fri Jan 25 06:03:41 PST 2019
I bought a bunch of these from Sportsmans Guide. I have not hung them
up yet, but I have hooked one up for light in the dark shop. It runs 24
hrs a day and lasted over a year before it quit.
Cecil
On 1/25/2019 7:53 AM, Dave Maynard wrote:
> Guys, check these out at Amazon, it's the "Barina" ones. Price is
> great, and I have purchased these a bunch of times for myself and
> friends and even my company. They are great, they come with 110v cord
> for each, or they can be plugged together with supplied cords, or
> wired in directly. They are complete and extremely lightweight swear
> you could even hang them with a good double face tape...lol
>
> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HBT3BVM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
>
> Dave Maynard
> The Maple Hill Farm
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 7:03 PM <bloomis at charter.net
> <mailto:bloomis at charter.net>> wrote:
>
> I've replaced 4 and 8 foot fluorescents with LEDs at work. Also a
> lot of 400W HIDs. On the HID we just change the whole fixture.
> Fluorescents just bypass the ballast and run line voltage to the
> ends, be it 120 or 277. At least the lamps and fixtures I got were
> dual voltage. The light is far superior to Fluorescents and
> instant on. Helps when your utility bill was over $100K a month.
> Done many things to reduce consumption.
>
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> They are Satco bulbs, came from a couple electrical supply houses.
> Checked online and the big box stores nor Batteries + Bulbs
> carried what we needed. They cost about $25 per bulb. I can't
> remember if they were double or single pin. Had a guy doing the
> wiring for me, don't for sure but I think he had to bypass the
> ballast. The fixtures are at least 40 years old--I don't know if
> they were new when installed originally. I believe these were T8
> to take the place of T12. All I know is we have NEVER had anything
> close to this kind of light.
>
> My employer switched our entire shop over though a cost share
> program with the power company. On those, the 8' fixtures were
> converted to 4'
> by means of a kit. The electricians doing those could retrofit one
> in about 10 minutes.
>
> John Hall
>
>
>
> On 1/24/2019 4:37 PM, Gunnells, Brad R wrote:
> > Just out of curiosity John, where did you source them from?
> Local Home Depot or similar store, and what kind of price did you
> find? Dad's shop has 8' fixtures and it would be nice to get that
> whiter light in there.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Brad
> >
> > On 1/24/19, 2:08 PM, "AT on behalf of John Hall"
> <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> <mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> on behalf of
> jtchall at nc.rr.com <mailto:jtchall at nc.rr.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Made the mistake of switching the farm shop to LED bulbs,
> now I can
> > actually see what a mess the place was/is so I'm spending a
> little time
> > trying to get it clean before I dive into a big project.
> >
> > FWIW, I installed 8' LED bulbs in the original fluorescent
> fixtures,
> > used the kind that do not need the ballast (that was the
> problem with
> > most of those 40 year old lights). Put in 36 or 38
> bulbs--its as bright
> > as sunshine, maybe brighter.
> >
> > John Hall
> >
> >
> > On 1/23/2019 8:37 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> > > The list has been very quiet lately. I am restoring a
> 5000 Ford
> > > tractor that was a municipal mowing tractor for many
> years. Ended up
> > > buying a used engine to get the injection pump and
> injectors. Worst
> > > problem is no 3-point hitch....
> > >
> > > Cecil
> > >
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