1 Jun
2010
1 Jun
'10
9:55 a.m.
On 1 Jun 2010 at 12:31, Ray Arachelian wrote:
I wish the LED lights would go down in price, but even
then, they seem
to be a bit, um, directional, and they don't provide very much light.
A pet peeve of mine--almost the only thing making CFLs affordable is
manufacturing in China--and many in my experience have a real
lifetime shorter than their incandescent relatives. Some failures
are due undoubtedly to bad design, but I think another factor is the
actual application.
Most CFLs are engineered to be used in a base-down application so the
head-producing components are cooled by convection. Yet very few of
these things, in my experience are used in any position except base-
up, trapping the heat and causing premature failure.
I hope that when useful and affordable LED versions become available,
this also won't be a problem, but I'm not holding my breath.
--Chuck