<font face="arial" size="4"><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>
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<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>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">my conclusion? led light bulbs are not ready for prime time.</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;font-family: arial; font-size: 14pt;">On Thursday, February 9, 2012 1:44pm, "Jim MacDonald" <jmac@solaresystems.com> said:<br /><br /></p>
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<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;">Hello wrenches</span></p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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