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Vinny:
I know that a lot of us have LEDs in our tubs but I went into Home Depot and they are now selling LED light bulbs. They seem to be in the reflector type bulbs at this point with only a small base candelabra available as a "standard" bulb.

I quickly looked at them and at this point I am hoping they do improve efficiency. They aren't as energy saving as I thought they would be, CFLs seem to have them beat by a little margin. I was looking at a 50 watt equivalent bulb and the LED used 14 watts and I believe a 14 watt CFL gives out 60 watts equivalent - more light for the amount of electricity it uses. And CFLs tend to be available for a low cost these days

The two areas that they might beat CFLs are light quality - CFLs tend not to have crisp lighting and suffer from being cold; and longevity - LEDs tend to last forever. At this point the LEDs would be great for an area that's hard to reach as long as you can use a reflector type bulb.

Hopefully they can get energy consumption down for these bulbs. A typical LED used in electronics uses very little amperage to operate but we aren't talking a large LED either.

Just wanted to give a FYI!

Tman122:
I saw those also. My deck lighting is going to go in that direction. The cost seemed prohibitive at the time so I passed but I bet improvement isn't far off.

Spatech_tuo:

--- Quote from: Tman122 on October 31, 2009, 04:09:58 pm ---I saw those also. My deck lighting is going to go in that direction. The cost seemed prohibitive at the time so I passed but I bet improvement isn't far off.

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I have CFLs everywhere and last year I added LED lighting in the entry way with those pointy chandelier lights. They were supposed to equal the lighting I had there but whether its the type or light or maybe it was BS as to how equal they are but it has an appearance of needing to be brighter. Its not an issue since it only the entry into the house and they are major energy savors but I’m hoping they improve.

Vinny:
I could be wrong but don't CFLs come in the small base bulbs?

I don't know how they measure initial bulb brightness and compare a LED to CFL or Incandesent but CFLs do not have the same crispness as a incandescent and there is a formula to measure bulb brightness at distances. But I think it could just be marketing hype at this point. The brightness could also be affected by the orientation of the element giving the light. I have seen operating room lights give different lighting pattens with bulbs that have a horizontal element vs vertical ... maybe that's what's happening with this.

I will say that they were kind of expensive (could swear I saw a price on the shelf for $49) but was curious enough that if they had a standard base bulb that wasn't too expensive I would probably picked one up. They will improve and eventually be much better and cheaper.


--- Quote from: Spatech t.u.o. on November 01, 2009, 01:21:16 am ---
--- Quote from: Tman122 on October 31, 2009, 04:09:58 pm ---I saw those also. My deck lighting is going to go in that direction. The cost seemed prohibitive at the time so I passed but I bet improvement isn't far off.

--- End quote ---

I have CFLs everywhere and last year I added LED lighting in the entry way with those pointy chandelier lights. They were supposed to equal the lighting I had there but whether its the type or light or maybe it was BS as to how equal they are but it has an appearance of needing to be brighter. Its not an issue since it only the entry into the house and they are major energy savors but I’m hoping they improve.

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Bonibelle:
My house is also full of CFLs and I have decided that I am now used to the definate deficiency in the brightness.  :-\ The thing that makes me angry about the CFLs is that they advertise that the bulbs have much longer lives than regular bulbs..that has not been what I have experienced at all.   >:(

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