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Just thought I'd share my experience. About 6 months ago I was in Lowes and saw they had led 60w equivalent bulbs on sale for a buck each in packs of four. I decided this was a great time to upgrade the entire interior and exterior from incandescant bulbs. It took about 50 of these bulbs, then I replaced the 2 kitchen flourescant tubes and ballasts with led tubes/ballasts, 12 oversized led bulbs for both bath vanities and replaced the hallway fixtures with recessed led lights. The kitchen was by far the most expensive, but I ended up spending about $350 total. I went with 2700k in all places and I honestly can't tell any difference in the way the lighting feels over the old school bulbs (We don't like the brighter white light bulbs at all).
After 6 months I've saved about $160 off the previous years energy bills so I will see a 100% return in just over one year. Not only that, but all of these bulbs are rated to last for tens of thousands of hours so I don't expect to ever have to replace another bulb. All I can say is wow, sure glad I saw that sale and acted on it, couldn't recommend doing this upgrade more highly.
They may be rated for thousands of hours but I have had at least 4 go bad on me and no where near a thousand hours.
I’ve had a few duds too, I’m not really sure they’ll last any longer than the CFL bulbs did. The electronics in them do seem sensitive to any kind of power surge.
I’ve had a few duds too, I’m not really sure they’ll last any longer than the CFL bulbs did. The electronics in them do seem sensitive to any kind of power surge.
I went through this when CFL's first became popular... I was going through them like crazy, about 4~5 months Tops for life (750~900 hours-ish). Most were free replacements, but I finally got tired of that and simply went back to incandescent. Still have a huge supply of them, cost more to run but paid for (I think I was buying 4 for the cost of 1 CFL back in the day) and actually have a lifespan of over a year.
I've inherited a few LEDs, don't really light the colored light and half have failed in the 4 years since I bought my current house.
Led’s Are very heat sensitive . Many fail because people use them in enclosed fixtures . They make special ones for that but life is definitely shorter
Led’s Are very heat sensitive . Many fail because people use them in enclosed fixtures . They make special ones for that but life is definitely shorter
Even the cheap Great Value ones at Walmart have ‘suitable for enclosed fixtures’ written on them now.
1. the women complained how they looked in the bathroom mirror.
2. the choir robes appear red when they used to be burgundy.
3. the older members said they were too bright.
4. there's more, but you get the idea.
we now have a hybrid system....incandescent for inside and LED for outside.
I've been slowly upgrading our lights to LED as they go out. I've replaced all the light bulbs we use most often. The only ones I've not replaced are in the basement and our kids old bedrooms/bathrooms. (rarely used). We've not noticed any significant difference in our bills.
Kind of hard to determine though if I'm being honest. Our geothermal HVAC system needed replaced so was using a lot of energy. We didn't really realize it until it totally stopped functioning.
1. the women complained how they looked in the bathroom mirror.
2. the choir robes appear red when they used to be burgundy.
3. the older members said they were too bright.
4. there's more, but you get the idea.
we now have a hybrid system....incandescent for inside and LED for outside.
They weren’t those daylight colored 5000K ones were they? Those give off a bluish light, and if you’re a pale white person like me it’s not very flattering.
The soft white (2700K) ones look like incandescents to me, and that’s all I buy.
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