Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

[don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Don Klipstein)]

In article <k4vZm.1766$Iz5.1654@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Josepi wrote:
>Sometimes just leaving things alone is much more economical than making
>complex solutions to resolve perceived economic problems.
>
>I remember the new Energy Star usage ratings the US announced a few years
>ago. Some people were getting randy about the huge losses in a freezer and
>how we were stupid for not throwing out all our old appliances. Turns out
>the $10 dollars per year, wasted, would never be paid for, in most of our
>lifetimes, by throwing out my 30 year old freezer with no insulation in the
>lid. OTOH Canada has had Energy Star usage tags and programmes for more than
>30 years now.

  All too often, 30 yearold fridges consume more like $6-$10 per month
more than new ones.

 - Don Klipstein (don@xxxxxxxxx)

>The whole package has to be considered and determined.
>
>"Don Klipstein" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:slrnhjb3us.7vc.don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

and *again*, you left the following lines short a quotation symbol each.

>>How about when the heating is other than resistive electric heat or
>>unneeded year-round, and therefore CFLs are more economical than
>>incandescents year-round?
>>
>>In article <34OYm.68935$Wd1.65550@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, JimH wrote:
>>Simply install two lighting systems, and use the appropriate switches in
>>summer or winter. Even better, automate the system so that the same
>>switches will power the correct set of fixtures based on the outside
>>temperature. (That makes it on topic for an automation news group.)

<SNIP from here to edit for space>

 - Don Klipstein (don@xxxxxxxxx)