L E D Lighting

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  1. Ed Wilson

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    Our local power companies are subsidizing the cost so they are very cheap to buy. I'm 100% LED now. I like them and the technology will only get better
     
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    I took a dislike to the leds a while ago, tried them for a couple of years, basically because of the dullness, and the delayed on. I do still have them in my lamps in my sewing area, just have to remember to turn them on a bit early before i start sewing, so i have the full brightness. They do outlast the regular bulbs many times over.
     
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    I don't think I've noticed that problem in the LEDs, although I have seen that problem with the CFL bulbs, the ones that usually have the curly fluorescent coils. They are dim at first, then they gradually get brighter.
     
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    One of the last LED bulbs I bought didn't burn out, but just kept getting dimmer and dimmer until I finally had to replace it. It's a GE soft white 60/8.5w, the kind that looks exactly like a regular bulb. Strange. :confused:
     
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    I use both led and incandescent.
     
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  6. Hal Pollner

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    The newer generation of Light Emitting Diode lamps are more efficient at converting Watts to Lumens than previously.

    The earliest generation of LED's generated a partial vacuum. (they sucked)

    Hal
     
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