Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

[don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Don Klipstein)]

In article <4b3bf8e7.53435281@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Houston wrote:
>"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

  Since most grid electricity has generator winding, transmission and
distribution losses totalling much less than power delivered, reducing
watts reduces generator load and fuel consumption even if the amps stays
the same.

  Meanwhile, the article did say that a 15W CFL (which typically replaces
a 60 watt incandescent) typically takes 29 VA (volt-amps) - total VA,
not just VA other than watts.

 - Don Klipstein (don@xxxxxxxxx)