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Posted: Yesterday 7:03:53 PM EDT
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Posted: Yesterday 7:09:27 PM EDT
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OP, do you still use dial up for your internet service too?
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Posted: Yesterday 7:10:10 PM EDT
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Someone ought to make a 2700 degree LED bulb so it glows yellow-orange.
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Posted: Yesterday 7:11:50 PM EDT
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I have a large box of them and one day I hope to run into a person like the OP to buy them all.
I was thinking of using them for a heater. Light bulbs are cheaper than heater elements and I would drive them with a solar panel array to heat the house. |
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UT, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:12:30 PM EDT
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Waste of time and money. LEDs last longer. Even after they engineered the life span down to a year or two. The new flouresant curly Q bulbs suck though. Not as good as LEDs anymore. They used to be good for 5 years or more.
Incandescent makes better lighting in 12v for your vintage travel trailer. It’s hard to find a soft white bulb in 12v LED that gives the same aesthetic look. The Bright white gives lots more light than old ones and looks better in modern trailers. But you get the hospital bright feeling over the warm at home feeling a good soft white light gives you. To each his own. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:13:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By cmw: Tell me more about long-lasting LED bulbs -seriously. Our 3 bulb kitchen fixture burns one out at least once a month. You’ve got a problem with your electrical panel in your house. Seriously, you have a bigger problem you should have an electrician look at. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:16:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bunn19: OP, do you still use dial up for your internet service too? Fiber. Are you a follower and cant handle that my soft white incandescent bulb energy usage cost doesn't matter but only to poors? |
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Posted: Yesterday 7:17:36 PM EDT
[Last Edit: InflectionPoint]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fadedsun: LEDs are better in every way. Why? More efficient Run cooler Use less juice Variety of shades and colors  They’re pretty crappy at keeping your well house from freezing.  Edit: beat. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:17:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Homernomer: If you are going to use "myriad" like the boss you are, you should know that there is no "of" after myriad. It's just myriad then the noun. That is a fact. Also, LEDs suck ass. But that's opinion. Sure bud, enjoy your Luddite status for being a Luddite just because. Seriously dude, it’s ok to change every once in a while. |
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UT, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:18:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Admiral_Crunch: There are very few circumstances where an incandescent bulb is preferred over an LED one. I have a few that I replaced with LEDs that I kept “just in case,” but so far none has been needed. Made sense back when CFLs were being pushed. Those things sucked compared to modern LEDs. I’ll challenge you on the old CFLs. Yeah some did blow early. But I’m still finding CFLs I replaced in 2015 going bad now. The new CFLs I’m finding going bad in less than 6 months. So I’ll agree with you on the new CFLs. But the old ones. I wish they would reproduce them. |
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Posted: Yesterday 7:19:12 PM EDT
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I have a hoard of typewriters
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USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:24:07 PM EDT
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I seriously took every LED bulb with me when I moved and replaced them with cheap incandescents.
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OH, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:30:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mouthpiece: What brand has a long life? I haven't had any LED bulbs last longer than a year. Same. My rural electric grid isn’t kind to those LEDs. Too much variation and surge. I’m the second to last house on my line. A bad transformer down the road nearly killed every bulb in my house earlier this spring. |
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Posted: Yesterday 7:33:39 PM EDT
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The old LED's sucked bigly and I didn't like the .gov mandating the change over.
But, the newer LED's rock! |
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PA, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:34:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Andrewsky: Actually the only reason LED bulbs fail is if companies use crappy electrolytic caps. If they don't, you can expect a massive service life. I've only encountered some GE 40w LED bulbs (forget the model) that have lasted forever. The 60w version dead in a year or two. Phillips 60 or 100w LEDs, dead in a couple years. Yeah, if you leave the light on all the time and hardly ever turn it off, then it might last longer, but that's not how we roll around here. I doubt we are actually saving any money having to replace them every couple years at best. I did hoard some incandescant bulbs for certain ceiling fixtures that I absolutely refuse to try and replace with LED compatible versions. No way its worth the hassle and expense to convert. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:37:25 PM EDT
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Look at that majestic soft white incandescent. Cue more "muhh energy and bulbs get hot".
I opened a Shitty Lyte Beer for the poors too.  |
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USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:42:07 PM EDT
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Lots of weird threads today. First a girl who doesn't like to use a laptop to process her 401k. Now, a guy who chooses bulbs over LEDs...
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IN, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:44:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gtdhw: Do they make any LEDs that can correctly function on a dimmer switch yet? |
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Posted: Yesterday 7:45:18 PM EDT
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LED has hit price parity. They put out a lot less heat which is important in the summers here.
I never was gonna hoard Edison bulbs. The tech has improved. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:45:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By John91498: Lots of weird threads today. First a girl who doesn't like to use a laptop to process her 401k. Now, a guy who chooses bulbs over LEDs... The horror. Thank you for your great insight and please go to the LED thread. |
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Posted: Yesterday 7:54:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Homernomer: Not everyone is poor though. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Homernomer: Originally Posted By Cobalt135: Warm color temperature LED's inside and a little whiter in the fixtures for the deck/porch. Normal house lighting here after sunset would typically use 700-900w of incandescent power. Same lighting loads now uses 95-120w with LED's Also that is a signifigant reduction for people that have a 2000 to 3000w backup power source, especially for keeping loads lower to account for furnace or refrig/freezer compressor startups, without having to worry about how many light are burning. Not to mention increased run time. Also at 900w vs 120w useage at 0.11 per kWh for 4 hours a day x 365 is a yearly cost of $150 vs $19 ish. Not everyone is poor though. Not many wealthy that passed up a buck. |
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USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:54:44 PM EDT
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nothing horrible, you're a free man who has free choice. If you want to hoard bulbs, well, that's up to you. I still think it's weird...
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Posted: Yesterday 7:55:32 PM EDT
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The only time I want incandescents is if I am curing epoxy. A bulb or two lasts a long time.
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VA, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 7:56:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chris_1522: Fine, fine, fine....I'll bite. Tell the class why you would hoard incandescent light bulbs. To stick it to the man. It's purely American. Offer us a choice, but don't tell us what to do. |
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Posted: Yesterday 7:59:17 PM EDT
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Boomer thread!
Why hoard incandescent bulbs when LED is far superior. |
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Posted: Yesterday 8:01:02 PM EDT
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Heat.
I have a decent stash but I have very little into them, got well over 100 of them for a few bucks at a garage sale. I know LED's have a come a long way and I do use some, especially the bigger ones, in my workshop but there are a couple places I like the old gals. |
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Posted: Yesterday 8:04:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By glock27bill: To stick it to the man. It's purely American. Offer us a choice, but don't tell us what to do. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 8:04:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheTallest: Boomer thread! Why hoard incandescent bulbs when LED is far superior. It is only superior to those that care about electricity usage. Nothing beats a 3 way 150W max soft incandescent glowing in the night. It beats an antiseptic lighted room that can second as a doctors office. |
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Posted: Yesterday 8:05:40 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Kingdead]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rattlehead34: It is only superior to those that care about electricity usage. Nothing beats a 3 way 150W max soft incandescent glowing in the night. It beats an antiseptic lighted room that can second as a doctors office. |
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Posted: Yesterday 8:10:41 PM EDT
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Better than a political thread.
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Posted: Yesterday 8:18:29 PM EDT
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LEDs all the way except for lava lamps I guess.
Whole house is LEDs and wouldn't go back if the incandescent bulbs were given away free + if I ever have to go to generator power it give me more room to do other stuff. |
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Posted: Yesterday 8:24:14 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Rattlehead34: Post it up. Building my stash, a few every month to maintain that glorious soft glow. 5 3-ways 150W max 20 25W 20 60W Fuck LEDs. Pretty sure I have a couple cases of 60, 75 and 100w he reveals. |
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USA
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Posted: Yesterday 9:23:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JVD: Hating LEDs is dumb. Hating those goddamn bastard piece of shit CFLs is righteous. I still have some incandescent bulbs stashed in the basement, but IDK if I will ever use them up. I suppose if heat is a desirable byproduct. I don't hate any of the three, I hate the government for trying to remove my choice. |
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Posted: Yesterday 9:28:59 PM EDT
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I have a stash of 40 watt incandescent bulbs for the kitchen appliances, and a bunch of 60 watters for my lava lamp.
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MT, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 10:46:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: John44]
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Ah I see the modernist midwits are out in force to take op down a notch.
It’s year zero comrade! Nothing that came before was good and must be destroyed for the glory of gay butt sex in space! Your not a Luddite are you are you? You don’t use measurements that correspond to the human body’s ability to travel on earth, do you? This represents a serious threat to being the first to suck alien cock on Mars. Don’t you understand this is treason! The truth is yes but actually no. Modernist are almost as bad as their cousins, the everything old is gooder because it’s old crowd! Why? Because they are the same people, just separated by 40 years. Led bulbs with porcelain bases are problematic, or can be. The base holds heat meaning you shouldn’t use them in can lights or enclosed fixtures m. The “bulb” it’s plastic which also doesn’t transfer heat away from the base as well. When used in upright bed side lamps for example all the glorious leds are pointed to the sky. Meaning they shed less light down at the base of lamp. The plastic bulb is “sealed” to the porcelain base with the smallest amount of Chinese caulk making them unsuitable for damp locations, like the shower room. Nor are most dimmable. Op should look for the full glass led bulbs in 2700k range. More expensive but with non of the down side’s. They are sealed with inert gas meaning they will transfer the heat generated out from the bulb more efficiently. They allow more lite at the base of the lamp. They aren’t affected by the damp conditions in the shower room. Better for use outside in the cold. Can be used in enclosed fixtures. Most are dimmable by nature. All the upsides of a incandescent and a led in one. A incandescent with a led bar instead of a filament. Just like gram gram used to bake. Sadly most of the people reeeing at the op don’t even know why they are. They probably derive most of their led bulb use screwing them up their bung holes rather than into light sockets. Forwarded comrades! Gay space sex utopia awaits! All hail the metric system! |
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Posted: Yesterday 10:49:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Gtdhw: Do they make any LEDs that can correctly function on a dimmer switch yet? They make dimmers that correctly function with an LED. |
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UT, USA
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Posted: Yesterday 10:53:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JVD: Hating LEDs is dumb. Hating those goddamn bastard piece of shit CFLs is righteous. I still have some incandescent bulbs stashed in the basement, but IDK if I will ever use them up. I suppose if heat is a desirable byproduct. That is one area incandescent bulbs excel. Like keeping baby chicks warm or in the pump shed. |
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Posted: Yesterday 10:54:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By burnka871: I have a hoard of typewriters I'll take VCRs. |
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Posted: Yesterday 10:56:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By glock27bill: To stick it to the man. It's purely American. Offer us a choice, but don't tell us what to do. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By glock27bill: Originally Posted By Chris_1522: Fine, fine, fine....I'll bite. Tell the class why you would hoard incandescent light bulbs. To stick it to the man. It's purely American. Offer us a choice, but don't tell us what to do. Ok that's a solid reason. |
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Posted: Today 12:13:51 AM EDT
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You DO realize you can buy LED lights in any color temperature you want, right? Right?
Except perhaps for rare specialized uses, I can't imagine anyone wanting incandescent (other than .gov saying we can't have them). |
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USA
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Posted: Today 12:16:29 AM EDT
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I use a 100 watt in the pump house when it gets somewhat cold. It doesn't get that cold here but it keeps the very small pump house above freezing.
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SD, USA
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Posted: Today 12:40:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rattlehead34: Eyes are sensitive like my feelings and they blind me like your fucking truck headlights. You haven't figured out yet they come in different shades huh? Incandescents are trash. |
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SD, USA
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Posted: Today 12:43:32 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Glock63]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By hatidua: Because anyone with properly functioning vision knows that LED lights are UGLY no matter what the manufacturer/contractor/decorator/salesman tries to push. LED's are about as visually appealing as the interior lighting of a strip mall Chinese restaurant. You, nor anyone else here, could tell the difference between a quality LED and gayer than a bag of dicks incandescents. You're the type of people who stocked up on wagon wheels when the car was introduced. |
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IN, USA
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Posted: Today 1:08:23 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Gtdhw]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Paul: They make dimmers that correctly function with an LED. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Paul: Originally Posted By Gtdhw: Do they make any LEDs that can correctly function on a dimmer switch yet? They make dimmers that correctly function with an LED. So change every dimmer light switch in my house that I would put an led (roughly 18 off the top of my head)? That’s a lot of work for zero gain. |
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MI, USA
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Posted: Today 1:29:00 AM EDT
[Last Edit: DaddyShark]
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When Obama wanted everyone to switch to those curly cfl bulbs, yeah I was hoarding incandescents at that time because those lightbulbs were complete garbage. But fast forward to today and I have no idea why anyone would hate the current led light bulbs. If you get "soft white", I don't know how you could tell the diffrence enough from an incandescent that it would bother you. With the way electricity rates have skyrocketed, I wouldn't want any incandescent bulbs in my home. OP must just like paying higher electric bills and changing light bulbs more often.
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MO, USA
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Posted: Today 1:39:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Greenspan: LEDs do put out a lot of blue light in almost all temperatures. This impacts your sleep and eyes whether you fully realize it or not. Why do you sleep with the lights on? What are you scared of? |
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GA, USA
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Posted: Today 5:17:48 AM EDT
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I was making custom LED flashlights back in the day before you could just run out and buy them. I remember when bright white LEDs were something that had to be special ordered at high cost from certain suppliers. I learned a lot from making large LED arrays from scratch and learning how to build circuits and controllers and manage them.
I slowly replaced most incandescents with LED's long ago around my home. I prefer the look of incandescent in lamps, but the energy savings with LED's just cant be ignored. However, certain architectural outdoor fixtures at my home still get candelabra style incandescent bulbs because of the aesthetics. They don't get turned on that frequently, and they just look great with incandescents as intended. I tried several LED options in them, but none looked as nice. (Yeah, I'm an outdoor lighting weirdo). I also hoard higher wattage incandescent bulbs to use in electronics repair as a 'dim bulb tester' current limiter when repairing old amplifiers and such. It's the right tool for the job. I find most examples here and there at flea markets/garage sales. Otherwise, LED options these days are pretty decent light and color-wise. It's a choice that should be up to the individual. |
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KY, USA
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Posted: Today 5:27:16 AM EDT
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In this thread we learn that boomers dont know anything about light temperature or led dimmer switches.
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GA, USA
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Posted: Today 5:29:45 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Pioneer1]
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My mother passed in 2014 and I still own her property and home. She did NOT care for LED's.
When I go there to maintain and check on her old 'time capsule' of a house the incandescent bulbs are the first thing I notice when I turn on the lights. (Along with the nostalgia as I grew up there). GE Soft white or Reveal 100W bulbs in everything for the most part. So warm and welcoming. Quality and quantity of light that you have to spend a lot to get with LEDs. Yes, you can get acceptable lighting/color temperature with LEDs but the really good ones are still pretty darn expensive. |
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Posted: Today 6:18:15 AM EDT
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