Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

["Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not according to testing labs that have made lumen mesurements. Are you
including the inverters or other lossy type gadgets to accomodate different
types of bulbs? Have you actually measured the "equivalent" light output or
does it just look about the same? Brilliance is a logarithmic scale and can
be very deceiving to the human eye.

Trouble with the lab measurements is they are not usually dated when
completed and the technology advances quite rapidly.

<salty@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:27:09 -0500, "Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>LEDs are still reported to only be slightly more efficient than
>>incandescent
>>bulbs.
>
> Say WHAT?
>
> I have replaced all of the incandescent lamps on my sailboat ,
> including the navigation lights. The LED's use 1/10th the power for
> the same amount of light. That's not a random number - a typical light
> that drew 2 amps gets replaced by an LED that is a little brighter and
> draws slightly less than .2 amps.
>
> On a cruising sailboat, you have to keep careful track of your
> electrical budget.
>