[RE-wrenches] Fix the Fluorescents: What about LED tubes for late 2012?
Ray Walters
ray at solarray.com
Wed Dec 5 21:25:31 PST 2012
I have several LED lights, mostly AC, and I'm a big fan.
The light quality approaches that of halogens, and the watts are
noticeably lower than CFLs.
I have spot lights, floods, and rope lights that I forget to turn off
because I can.
LEDs have come along way in the past year.
I have a hand held LED flash light that is as bright as my car
headlights (1100 lumens) and I still haven't charged its Li+ battery in
6 months. LEDs are the future amigos.
Ray Walters
On 12/5/2012 8:33 PM, William Dorsett wrote:
>
> In the early days, LED's were rated by the candela and so everything
> was apples and oranges. Long time ago, I used an LED to allow boats to
> navigate into a narrow passage by lining it up with a second one a
> distance away. You didn't have to read a map by it, just see it. As
> you said Alan, with Christmas lights and candles you are only looking
> for a pretty spot of light without really thinking of lumens. At least
> now LED's are also rated in lumens. And it is still very worth the
> trouble checking lumens/watt. I was in Home Despot not long ago,
> comparing LED's with linear fluorescents and none of the LED's
> compared well.
>
> Bill Dorsett
>
> Sunwrights
>
> Manhattan, KS
>
>
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