> Several years ago, believing that 100W bulbs were being banned, I believe the ban was repealed or postponed. Not, however, before the last bulb-making plant in the US was killed as a result.
The 40W-equivalent bulbs I'm so fond of, the decoratives, are Philips, which is a brand I trust. They also seem to be extremely well designed, and I've yet had one to fail in any way. We're running 16 of them, most of them outside. Most of them are lit many hours of each day, it's been over two years now. Other lamps that are on a lot I have replaced with LEDs as they burned out. We still have a lot of incandescents in the house, and some CFLs, in the rarely-used fixtures. I prefer the warm white bulbs, the daylight bulbs are simply too 'cold' looking for my taste. Yes, they have more lumens. So what? The camper got the same treatment. And there, the 10x reduction in battery draw is very significant. There are only two incandescents left there. One of them needs to be an incandescent, the one in the refrigerator, because its heat output is functional. (The 'Winter' setting turns the bulb on inside the cabinet, to make it run more so that the freezer doesn't thaw.) The other (closet) I haven't found a form-factor LED bulb for. Yes, lumens is the better way to rate. Problem is that I don't know the lumen ratings of any of the incandescents I used to buy! If I needed bright, I put in a 100W bulb... So, watt-equivalent is how I think. The packages should be marked with both, then everybody is happy. Hmm, my own rant. Incandescent and CFL bulbs are generally omnidirectional. If I buy an LED bulb that is not, let's say, then maybe it's _not_ a watt-equivalent bulb. "I replaced this 60W bulb with a 60W-equivalent LED, and it sucks!" The one place I have exploited LED-ness is in the range hood in the camper. The peanut incandescent (omni) bulb was replaced with a square stick-on panel of supposed-equivalent lumenage, but ALL of the light now aims down at the stove surface. VASTLY better than the lame-o bulb of the original design. But, not as good as a night light... -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
