LED Lighting

[glockmail]

One type fixture that I won't be converting is my 4' fluorescent T8 shop lights. I can buy T8 bulbs in a 12 pack for $30 at Lowes and they are just as efficient as LEDs, and far less expensive.

I've been replacing my older, less efficient T12 shop lights with new LED shop lights from Costco at about $50/ unit though. Mainly because the cheap fixtures themselves have rusted badly over 20 years. In cool white, good for shop work, the light quality is far superior.

[Abbey Marie]

I have been buying these for a while and notice no difference between them and regular bulbs.

Here is another thread about LED lighting. http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthre...ing&highlight=

They don't look like they would work with a clip-on shade.

[Perianne]

They don't look like they would work with a clip-on shade.

They won't.

[NightTrain]

And then normal looking ones like Peri linked to above for the rest of the house. Honestly, the light is the same to me.

I should clarify that I was referring to the 'warmth' factor between the new LEDs and old-school incandescent bulbs.

[glockmail]

They don't look like they would work with a clip-on shade.

Lowes has boxes of six 40W equivalent for something like 9 bucks that are the same size and shape as a standard incandescents. Try a box.

[glockmail]

The thing about LEDs is that the manufacturer can make them just about any color they want. The most common mimic incandescents (warm white). Others go higher temperatures to mimic sunlight.

[glockmail]

Costco has teamed up with Duke Energy's rebate system and selling LED bulbs at dirt cheap prices. I found these decorative chandelier (dimmable) bulbs there yesterday. Here's what they look like off, and dimmed as much as possible.

[glockmail]

Costco also has PAR38 (outdoor floodlight bulbs) dirt cheap as well. I had already ordered a box of ten online for $85, free delivery. Last week I replaced the pair that I can reach without borrowing my neighbor's ladder. I'm also replacing all of the outlet boxes, as the old ones are all rusted out and look like shit.

These replace CFLs that have been up there for about ten years. Two of eight have blown out so I'm replacing all of them. These are instant on, use less power and are brighter.