I still use regular light bulbs in my home. In the bathrooms, living room lamps and dining room.
A Great Incandescent Bulb, R.I.P.
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So can we see pics of the solar setup? Prove me wrong folks, I don't mind it when its deserved. And not a single like for post #17, because well, its just me cleaning my keyboard.
I just put one of the new LED glass bulbs that look like incandescent filaments in my reading lamp by my chair. I can't tell the difference.
Real lightbulbs
I'm surprised no one here is using them or saving up on them though.
Don't get me wrong, I have LEDs too that I was able to get 50 cents apiece for exterior and general lighting, but nothing can replicate (at least nothing cheap) the warm light of an incandescent bulb. The ambiance is just indescribable- calm, warm, wholesome, fulfilling, complete, promising and a bit of mystique. Like a sunset on a river. Strong antiemetic properties, uplifting, happy and relaxing like tanning in the sun.
I use the 220 volt light bulbs as night lights. The light is dim and sleepy with the bulbs outlasting any LED.
Don't give up what you love guys.
I'm surprised no one here is using them or saving up on them though.
Don't get me wrong, I have LEDs too that I was able to get 50 cents apiece for exterior and general lighting, but nothing can replicate (at least nothing cheap) the warm light of an incandescent bulb. The ambiance is just indescribable- calm, warm, wholesome, fulfilling, complete, promising and a bit of mystique. Like a sunset on a river. Strong antiemetic properties, uplifting, happy and relaxing like tanning in the sun.
I use the 220 volt light bulbs as night lights. The light is dim and sleepy with the bulbs outlasting any LED.
Don't give up what you love guys.
I changed 99.9% of the bulbs in my house to daylight LEDs a couple years ago. It was interesting to see, for example, that toilet paper really is white, LOL. Now that I'm accustomed to it, soft white is too icky-yellow.
Me? I HATE Daylight bulbs, My preference has transitioned to 3000k over the 2700Ks I had been using. Like the slightly whiter light, but still warm enough.
Hording Incandescent Light Bulbs
I had a whole closet of new and old ILBs till I cleaned out the closet earlier this year and nearly everyone went directly in the trash [ I did recycle the cardboard boxes ] a lot were the 100-300 watt wattage's and lots of 40-100 watt etc.
Climate change is very real and I feel those of us that have lived in a society that has caused more than our individual share of the problem should do everything reasonably possible to try to slow the damage down.
Many of us here at AW.Org have the money to invest in changing to new Energy Saving technologies that will help everybody in the long run, We installed 42 solar panels on our house so we now produce more power than we use on an annual basis.
There were a few rooms in our house where I though we would never change out the ILBs but we have found LED bulbs that actually dim to a better warm glow than the old ILBs so they are gone.
John
I had a whole closet of new and old ILBs till I cleaned out the closet earlier this year and nearly everyone went directly in the trash [ I did recycle the cardboard boxes ] a lot were the 100-300 watt wattage's and lots of 40-100 watt etc.
Climate change is very real and I feel those of us that have lived in a society that has caused more than our individual share of the problem should do everything reasonably possible to try to slow the damage down.
Many of us here at AW.Org have the money to invest in changing to new Energy Saving technologies that will help everybody in the long run, We installed 42 solar panels on our house so we now produce more power than we use on an annual basis.
There were a few rooms in our house where I though we would never change out the ILBs but we have found LED bulbs that actually dim to a better warm glow than the old ILBs so they are gone.
John
Ebay
You would have made a good price on Ebay.
You would have made a good price on Ebay.
cfz2882
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240v bulbs on 120v
once,at a flea market,bought a big box of 240v European bulbs-some had that bi-pin euro base like SOX lamps use,but most were Edison and handy to use were dim light is desired
Bulbs are very inefficient light sources undervoltaged,but power use is very small regardless.
once,at a flea market,bought a big box of 240v European bulbs-some had that bi-pin euro base like SOX lamps use,but most were Edison and handy to use were dim light is desired
Bulbs are very inefficient light sources undervoltaged,but power use is very small regardless.
220 volt bulb on 120
Yup. A 100 watt bulb will run at around 25 watts while producing 17% of its rated light output. A 25 watt bulb will burn around 6 watts. The big benefit is life expectancy which is like a lifeguard lamp on stem cells lol.
Yup. A 100 watt bulb will run at around 25 watts while producing 17% of its rated light output. A 25 watt bulb will burn around 6 watts. The big benefit is life expectancy which is like a lifeguard lamp on stem cells lol.
cfz2882
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"noisy"LEDs
some GE LEDs make a faint "sizzling" sound that can be heard if you are very close to them-these are the silver ones GE had back around 2010,some of my fav. LEDsLEDs can be guilty of flicker and EMI noise as well.
some GE LEDs make a faint "sizzling" sound that can be heard if you are very close to them-these are the silver ones GE had back around 2010,some of my fav. LEDs
LEDs can be guilty of flicker and EMI noise as well.
Replay # 26
Far better to trash them than encourage someone to use them,
We all need to use are knowledge and influence to try to save the planet.
John
Far better to trash them than encourage someone to use them,
We all need to use are knowledge and influence to try to save the planet.
John
Yet you have a massive collection of vintage washers.
Got to say I'm with John, toss them. I had considered donating my old bulbs to GW or such, but on second thought felt the same - if I'm not going to use them to save energy why give them to others to use the energy I'm trying to save?
Plus, if folks around here are in desperate need of bulbs the utility company will give them a group of LEDs for free.
Plus, if folks around here are in desperate need of bulbs the utility company will give them a group of LEDs for free.
Hmmmmm, talk about disposing light bulbs, of their using destroying our environment, whereas what happens to the landfill receiving all that twisted metal of bases and filliments and broken glass?
Versus, incandescent hoards, of which I had amassed one, myself, even with a number of squiggly fluorescent lamps when they were mandated for lighting with energy consumption--but now, if only something would burn out!
The folks like me, craving more light that LED's can't deliver, nor in the form that old fashioned incandescents can do, if they're properly watted and well-made, and THOSE will fit light sockets in the lamp and light sockets we're still using, and least if all, our appliances...
And last of all, what does this solar set-up (as been cited) look like? We'd all like to know...
-- Dave
Versus, incandescent hoards, of which I had amassed one, myself, even with a number of squiggly fluorescent lamps when they were mandated for lighting with energy consumption--but now, if only something would burn out!
The folks like me, craving more light that LED's can't deliver, nor in the form that old fashioned incandescents can do, if they're properly watted and well-made, and THOSE will fit light sockets in the lamp and light sockets we're still using, and least if all, our appliances...
And last of all, what does this solar set-up (as been cited) look like? We'd all like to know...
-- Dave
speedqueen
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I'm not getting rid of them, any LEDs I have used don't last. I can't stand the awful color rendering of them either, I frankly believe that they fudge the CRI numbers on most of them because I have some old 60 CRI High Output flourescent fixtures that provide better quality of light than many LEDs. There is a massive difference between the living room which still is illuminated with 100 watt incandescent lamps and the kitchen which has LEDs. They are supposed to be the warmer color temperature, too but it doesn't matter, they still make everything look awful, even compared to an old CFL, let alone an incandescent.
I often head people say that this unreliability and color rendering is all a problem of Edison base retrofit lamps, and proper LED fixtures are the answer. In my garage we have four LED utility lights and one already failed, they aren't that bright either, only equivalent to one F40T12/HO flourescent tube, and there are two per fixture. They weren't cheap either, costing nearly $60 a piece. 1.75 years later, outside the warranty, of course one failed. Not to be out done, I tore it apart and found a bad solder connection on the 24v switch mode power supply. They potted one side of board to make it hard to service, strangely the component side so all the electrolytic capacitors would get hot and dry out. This failure rate will most definitely cost more than the electricity savings over flourescent, even the venerable old T12 type.
To summarize, I'm still not impressed with LEDs. I'm not opposed to CFLs though, they seem to produce better light quality, but they don't seem to hold up anything like the old incandescent bulbs do.
*The second picture is powering the LED strips directly off of my Sencore VA-48 video analyst, using its DC power supply function. As can be seen in the fourth picture after resoldering the bad connection, I depotted most of the board.
I often head people say that this unreliability and color rendering is all a problem of Edison base retrofit lamps, and proper LED fixtures are the answer. In my garage we have four LED utility lights and one already failed, they aren't that bright either, only equivalent to one F40T12/HO flourescent tube, and there are two per fixture. They weren't cheap either, costing nearly $60 a piece. 1.75 years later, outside the warranty, of course one failed. Not to be out done, I tore it apart and found a bad solder connection on the 24v switch mode power supply. They potted one side of board to make it hard to service, strangely the component side so all the electrolytic capacitors would get hot and dry out. This failure rate will most definitely cost more than the electricity savings over flourescent, even the venerable old T12 type.
To summarize, I'm still not impressed with LEDs. I'm not opposed to CFLs though, they seem to produce better light quality, but they don't seem to hold up anything like the old incandescent bulbs do.
*The second picture is powering the LED strips directly off of my Sencore VA-48 video analyst, using its DC power supply function. As can be seen in the fourth picture after resoldering the bad connection, I depotted most of the board.
Shop Lighting
Hi Richard, this thread is about incandescent light bulbs, I don't see any in your shop being used for general lighting.
John
Hi Richard, this thread is about incandescent light bulbs, I don't see any in your shop being used for general lighting.
John
speedqueen
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I have one.
The bulb just off camera in the first shot creating the bright spot at the bottom-right of the first picture is a 200 watt incandescent over my(cluttered) work bench.
The bulb just off camera in the first shot creating the bright spot at the bottom-right of the first picture is a 200 watt incandescent over my(cluttered) work bench.
I have gone thru I don't know how many GE,Sylvania LED and CFL bulbs that were made recently!One GE bulb went out with a "B--RR--AAAPP!-Blap!" and let out a puff of smoke.The socket voltage is 119V Feel these new lamps are a fire asafety hazard.Will take an older Inc bulb ANYTIME over the newer LED and CFL JUNK!!!!Feel the bases of the new bulbs and they run HOT!!!!This shouldn't be!!!!POOR DESIGN!!!!!!Found some of my older CFL bulbs and put them back to use!!!!At how this bulb situation is going may have to go back to lighting with candles and gas lamps!!!PITIFUL!!!!
gusherb
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At work I’m mainly using Philips and Osram, the sconces are using Cree, and the chandeliers have some Ecosmart candelabras as well. Philips and Osram have held up the best. Cree seems to only last a few years.
I noticed last time I was at Home Depot they started carrying only the filament style candelabra LED’s which have no power supply and run off straight AC which means they have 120hz flicker, which is visible to the naked eye. Not really liking the way LED lighting has been going but seems we’re kinda getting backed into a corner here, I’ve stopped adopting them at home and continue to use halogen or incandescent where there’s a dimmer. Really can’t beat that quality of light and dimming
I noticed last time I was at Home Depot they started carrying only the filament style candelabra LED’s which have no power supply and run off straight AC which means they have 120hz flicker, which is visible to the naked eye. Not really liking the way LED lighting has been going but seems we’re kinda getting backed into a corner here, I’ve stopped adopting them at home and continue to use halogen or incandescent where there’s a dimmer. Really can’t beat that quality of light and dimming
