I just replaced 3 Dusk-Dawn Dimable ouside fixtures from 100w
incandescent to the 100w cree LED's. I'm only monitoring my Whole home
Current, but it looks like it's saved about 1A draw in the overnight
hours. The LED's are much brighter than the Incadecents were.
Interestingly enough, I put them in my garage door opener, and the
remotes stopped working. Took the bulbs back out and it's fine. Must
be some sort of interference with the DC Power supply that close to the
antenna.
I've also changed the 5 Flourescent light fixtures in my garage from 2
bulb 40w tubes to just 1 18w LED Tube. They provide more light than the
old bulbs. Last few bulbs I paid $12 each for off Ebay.
At Home Depot look for the 'contractor discount' It's on some bulbs. I
believe that if you buy 5 of the same SKU you get $5 off per bulb. I
think the 60w Crees fell into that last time I was there.
On 11/2/2014 8:31 PM, Chris Fabien via Af wrote:
The flood that failed on me was an "ecosmart" brand from Home Depot, FYI.
I was just there today, and they had some on sale for under $5 a bulb.
They also had some new "100W equivalent" ones that would probably be
great for a garage, shop or someplace else that needs a lot of light
and maybe isn't heated, which was always a problem for CFLs.
On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 7:20 PM, Tyler Treat via Af <af@afmug.com
<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote:
Thanks for the insight, fellas!
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> On Nov 2, 2014, at 6:14 PM, Chuck McCown via Af <af@afmug.com
<mailto:af@afmug.com>> wrote:
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> I built LEDs into the ceiling of my family room when the house
was built 5 years ago. Ceiling is up about 25 feet, never wanted
to have to get up there. It will take scaffolding if it ever
becomes necessary. Have changed out almost all the rest too as
the CFLs have died.
>
> I have 10 kW of grid tie solar as well. Free air conditioning
is nice indeed.
> Good luck with phillips flood style LEDs and CREE bulb types.
Most of them are dimmable now, that was the case for the earlier
units.
>
> Home depot has very nice prices. Some 60 watt equivalent for
about $7.50. I actually had to pay a bit more to get 40 watt
equivalent for the sconce lighting in my theater room. The first
ones were too bright, even with the dimmer all the way down.
>
> Yes, by all means use LEDs.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Tyler Treat via Af
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 2:00 PM
> To: Animal Farm
> Subject: [AFMUG] OT: LED bulbs at home
>
> Anyone using LED replacement bulbs in their house yet?
>
> Seems like a good idea for a couple lights I have that burn
24/7, but at $20/bulb and the CFL debacle, I want to get this
right the first time.
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