Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

["Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

PV panel pricing has a lot to come down yet. So far it has been a fad and
the market has raped us, for it. Batteries, for storage, need to become more
reliable and longer life would help.
Many use the grid to "stock up" on energy while it is expensive under TOU
schemes. Not off grid but another technique in co-operation with the grid
suppliers.

LED lighting technology has a bit to go. Close but not quite. Needs to get
more output and learn to handle it's own excess heat.

ESL promises a possible solution. Time will tell on that one.


<salty@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The real boost will be when LED's come down in price. At some point
(maybe now in some cases) it will be practical to use solar powered
low voltage DC for all most all household lighting. A few AGM
batteries fed from a rooftop array will take lighting completely off
the grid. Powering an entire house with PV solar may never be all that
practical, but may already be feasible for most or all lighting in new
construction. A lot of the expense (and power loss) in retrofit LED's
is the regulators needed to power them from the AC grid and existing
wiring.