Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>This is all losses to the energy source being converted by the generator.
>Not twice the total load but twice the twice the delivery and generating
>system losses. This can vary from a few percentage points to over 100% of
>the end load value in long systems.

Rod Elliot has a section on Power Factor and CFLs which appears to indicate
it's a much bigger problem in terms of generator fuel consumption.

     http://sound.westhost.com/articles/incandescent.htm#pf