Do you use LED bulbs in your home?
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Just finished replacing every incandescent bulb (except one 150 watt 3-way bulb in living room). Took some trial and error to get the right mix of color temperatures.
I'm looking for a bulb to replace my 150 watt 3-way. Once that's done my entire house will be under 200 watts total for lights (18 bulbs). Fucking amazing, considering I was at 1800 watts less than a year ago.
I do kinda miss the heat all those bulbs in the bathroom vanity used to throw off...
I'm looking for a bulb to replace my 150 watt 3-way. Once that's done my entire house will be under 200 watts total for lights (18 bulbs). Fucking amazing, considering I was at 1800 watts less than a year ago.
I do kinda miss the heat all those bulbs in the bathroom vanity used to throw off...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitz's_law
Haitz's law is an observation and forecast about the steady improvement, over many years, of light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
It states that every decade, the cost per lumen (unit of useful light emitted) falls by a factor of 10, and the amount of light generated per LED package increases by a factor of 20, for a given wavelength (color) of light. It is considered the LED counterpart to Moore's law, which states that the number of transistors in a given integrated circuit doubles every 18 to 24 months.[1] Both laws rely on the process optimization of the production of semiconductor devices.
Haitz's law is an observation and forecast about the steady improvement, over many years, of light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
It states that every decade, the cost per lumen (unit of useful light emitted) falls by a factor of 10, and the amount of light generated per LED package increases by a factor of 20, for a given wavelength (color) of light. It is considered the LED counterpart to Moore's law, which states that the number of transistors in a given integrated circuit doubles every 18 to 24 months.[1] Both laws rely on the process optimization of the production of semiconductor devices.
In every room.
Yea but they expensive
But they more than pay for themselves in utility cost savings.
I gotta get this
Much better ones on Amazon in the $30 range.
Brighter and change to like 30,000 colors via a mobile app. This one is pretty weak and requires some goofy remote control to change colors.
I'm not spending $30 on a bulb so I'll just get the one you posted.
I need to try it this way. Got them in my kitchen now, and ain't really feeling it.
Not yet.
in every room
Both of which are not law, because they are not supported by rigorous scientific theorem; rather they
are conjectures which are apt
Got the bulbs changed on the ceiling fans for my office & guest room, on the lamp in my living room, the hanging lights in my dining room & breakfast nook, my floodlights in my backyard and the front porch lights. I only have the bathroom lights, bedroom ceiling fan, upstairs hallway and kitchen light left. The kitchen light will probably be the toughest one as I would need to replace the entire lighting unit.
Been wanting to do it for a min, just been waiting for costs to come down and they have.
Been thinking about getting these TCP cause I heard the Philips and Cree aren't all that. These are 6 bulbs for $24 and I need I think about 50-60 bulbs which is why I've been hesitant, already have CFL thru the whole house. Figure I can save even more.
Amazon product ASIN B00KDZGBGE
and these for floods 6 pack for $31
Amazon product ASIN B00KDZGJZ2
Only looking for 5000k color as they are nice and bright not like the usual 2700k which are warm colored
Been thinking about getting these TCP cause I heard the Philips and Cree aren't all that. These are 6 bulbs for $24 and I need I think about 50-60 bulbs which is why I've been hesitant, already have CFL thru the whole house. Figure I can save even more.
Amazon product ASIN B00KDZGBGE
and these for floods 6 pack for $31
Amazon product ASIN B00KDZGJZ2
Only looking for 5000k color as they are nice and bright not like the usual 2700k which are warm colored
Without a doubt, in EVERY room
waiting for the price to drop...then every room will get the led bulbs still rocking the halogen's....
Had to. There is/was an electrical line that was overloaded. Would trip breaker constantly. Went the "cheap" route and replaced the incandescent bulbs with led bulbs. No issues so far; however, I gotta make sure I get that looked at.
The hue system is tight af. I have replaced all my fixtures w/ either a hue or lux. Can't remember the last time I touched a lamp fixture or AC Switch. Geolocation, timers, Siri/Homekit/IFTTT compatible, huge online community for recipe sharing, just all around very nice.
They do but A few blew out, funky ass sockets.
Nope, I use CFLs.
Yeah got these too
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