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Personally I love my latest LED lights. They have gotten
substantially better just in the past year. We have some 8 watt
units in our kitchen that illuminate just like a 35 watt halogen,
beautiful color rendition, not that blue they used to have. <br>
I especially like my new 1000 lumen spotlight that lights up
brighter than a car head light in a package slightly larger than the
old mini mag flash lights.<br>
However, I have no experience with ham radio, or theRF interference
issue. We're WiFi, and cell at our house. I do some audio
recording, etc. and haven't noticed any extra buzz from the several
LEDs I have in my basement studio.<br>
<br>
Ray<br>
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On 2/9/2012 4:54 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:toddcory@finestplanet.com">toddcory@finestplanet.com</a> wrote:
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;">i have some personal experience with led light bulbs. i
put them outside because the cfl floodlights are very s-l-o-w
to warm up to full brightness.</p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;">1) leds are still slightly less efficient (lumens per
watt) than cfl's</p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;">2) led light bulbs (2 different brands) throw out an
ungodly amount of rfi... want to listen to a conversation on
the 2 meter ham radio or listen to a weak fm broadcast station
or watch channel 6 on the tee-vee? go shut off the led lights
off first.</p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;">my conclusion? led light bulbs are not ready for prime
time.</p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;">todd (still using my 25+ year old phillips dulux cfls)</p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;"> </p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;">On Thursday, February 9, 2012 1:44pm, "Jim MacDonald"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jmac@solaresystems.com"><jmac@solaresystems.com></a> said:<br>
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color: #1f497d;">Hello wrenches</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:
arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";
color: #1f497d;">I am in Central America and looking to
suggest customers buy efficient LEDs for illumination in
their 120V-wired homes, connected to local power grids
with less-than-desirable power quality.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:
arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";
color: #1f497d;">I see that so many manus claim long
life for the LEDs, in the tens of thousands of hours,
yet so few if any back it up with a decent warranty.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:
arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";
color: #1f497d;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:
arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";
color: #1f497d;">Folks are hesitant to make this
investment, believing that voltage surges or dips could
destroy the LEDs.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size:
14pt;"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:
arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";
color: #1f497d;">Has anyone heard of LED lights' lives
ending prematurely due to grid events? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family:
arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";
color: #1f497d;">Would inline surge protectors
[something small to be installed immediately downstream
of the breaker in the home's main panel) be helpful, and
if so, does anyone have any recommended brands?</span></p>
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arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";
color: #1f497d;">thanks</span></p>
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arial; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";
color: #1f497d;">Jim MacDonald</span></p>
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