6 Feb
2015
6 Feb
'15
8:12 a.m.
On 2/6/2015 2:30 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 02/05/2015 11:05 PM, Peter Corlett
wrote:
So, why do you think that happened with
the LEDs, Chuck?
- J.
LED lighting is actually delivering
what the CFLs falsely claimed,
provided one
doesn't need more than about 400lm
per bulb due to heat issues. For the
customary single bulb per room in
typical UK lighting, it means we're
stuck
with CFLs until the technology
improves or one replaces the light
fitting with
one that takes multiple bulbs. We'll
probably see a whole load of crappy LED
bulbs when that finally becomes
mainstream though.
I'll buy CFLs when I can safely put a
100-watt equivalent LED in a base-up
recessed, insulated "can" type fixture
(of which I have many) and expect it
to perform for the estimated lifetime.
When I contacted the manufacturer (GE)
for some CFLs in the same
configuration pooping out after about
6 months of service, I received the
response that CFLs were not designed
for that type of service. When I
inquired for what device does operate
in that configuration, I received the
response that a halogen bulb would do
nicely.
Last year, during a very wet
snowstorm, our power was interrupted
by a tree falling on the HV
distribution lines to the
neighborhood, my neighbor who'd just
refitted his home with LEDs lost every
single installed lamp. We (on the
same circuit) lost none.