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I thought LED lights were efficient?

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Ice-Tea:

--- Quote from: f4eru on April 05, 2022, 01:08:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ice-Tea on April 04, 2022, 11:18:43 am ---The really good fluorescents are at least on par with poor LED replacements.

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So they are still worse in general.
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Sure. My point is that it is not a given and it is often presented as such. If you have a good fluorescent installation, not just any LED replacement will beat it and resources could be better spend elsewhere.



--- Quote from: Ice-Tea on April 04, 2022, 11:18:43 am ---What pisses me off a bit is the whole "oh, all those fluorescents have got to go" as if it's written in the Bible.  :--
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--- Quote ---One huge factor to phase them out is the mercury content, and also it's bad habit to be inhaled when the tube is broken...

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No argument there.


--- Quote from: madires on April 05, 2022, 01:34:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ice-Tea on April 04, 2022, 11:18:43 am ---What pisses me off a bit is the whole "oh, all those fluorescents have got to go" as if it's written in the Bible.  :--

The really good fluorescents are at least on par with poor LED replacements.

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Is anyone forcing you to change them?
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Not at all. But agressive advertising makes it out as if you're an idiot if you're still runing fluorescent which is simply not always true.

themadhippy:
Here in the uk we've got until september 2023 before florrys get banned,existing stocks can still be sold,but once they've gone thats it.

james_s:

--- Quote from: themadhippy on April 05, 2022, 02:23:42 pm ---Here in the uk we've got until september 2023 before florrys get banned,existing stocks can still be sold,but once they've gone thats it.

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I hate bans. They should tax them based on efficiency if anything, there are still applications where fluorescent lamps are superior.

cdev:
I was having lots of problems especially with "feit" brand LED replacement bulbs widely sold at Costco, Home Depot, etc.   But recently have been buying Phillips Warm White, and some cheapie MR-16 bulbs on ebay and they turned out to be very efficient (dont even get warm) very bright, a good color and generally GOOD.

Since I have a bunch of the fixtures around, this is great for me.  So now my wife and I are using (I think) 100% LED lighting.

Despite the Feit fiasco which left me with a lot of defective Feit light bulbs which I would like to repair or remove the defective parts from and fix, or reuse the LEDS or something.

Sometimes they half fail and cause RFI. Anybody have any good suggestions of how to effectively use all the white LEDs? (from LED bulbs that have burned out - either one or several LEDs have died rendering the bulb useless and dark unless the bad LEDs are replaced by means of hand soldering.

james_s:
I had changed out all of my compact fluorescent bulbs with LED by 2015. Philips and Cree have always been my favorites, I've had very few of them fail. The first LED bulbs I was buying were over $40 each but they still paid for themselves.

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