[RE-wrenches] Fix the Fluorescents: What about LED tubes for late 2012?

[penobscotsolar at midmaine.com]

   I recently built a new home for myself, earth bermed and of course,
solar powered (and soon to be solar heated). Every light source in the
home is LED. I did a lot of homework, testing bulbs and different
fixtures, and am very happy with all of what I decided on. Kitschler
makes excellent, stainless steel under cabinet lighting that spreads
the light well and with a warmer color than just stark white. Most of
the bulb packages these days provide information on the angle of
distribution of the light produced.
    I did try several tube type LED's but was unsatisfied with the quality
of light and how that light was distributed. FYI,
Environmentallights.com sells a great little solar powered Christmas
light set, complete with solar panel and Li battery. Great for off
grid folks or those remote locations people might want to decorate.
    I am a bigfan of LED lighting. It continues to get better.

Daryl DeJoy
NABCEP Certified PV installer
Penobscot Solar Design



> 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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