Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

["Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Greenish"? Stop buying the cheap Costco CFL bulbs. I have had CFLs for
years and never has one burned out, indoors and outdoors.

The dimming unit I have in my garage seems to come on full brilliance even
at -25C in the winter. The cheap ones take minutes to even see by at 8C.


"Christopher Glaeser" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> All incandescent and fluorescent bulbs are out and in their place are
>> 100 GU10 LED lights that consume 3W each.
>
> All my outdoor lights are now LED.  The lights for the steps were 20W
> halogen and had to be replaced constantly.  The new LEDs are mult-LED MR16
> and have been running every night for the past three years without
> replacement.  The 18W Malibu were also constantly being replaced.  I found
> a muli-LED bayonett replacement and all 15 have been runing for two years
> without any problems.  The LED candelabras for the house lights are pricy
> (about $20 per bulb, $60 per fixture) but they are pretty.  The
> incandecent would burn forever, and the LED replacements have been doing
> fine as well.
>
> In summary, the halogens and Malibus were constantly burning out, and the
> candleabras were doing fine.  The LED replacements are all doing fine.
> Out of 30 outdoor fixtures, I have yet to replace even one LED.
>
> Indoors is mostly R40 CFL.  I am constatly purchasing several 3-packs at
> Costco because they don't last very long.  I purchased three relatively
> expensive R38 9-LED lights.  The come on quickly (the CFL are slow to
> warm) and have a good amount of light, but the light is too directional
> which casts a harsher shadow, and the color is too narrow and greenish.
> Looking forward to improved LED R38 lights that will last for ten years,
> but for now, the light quality is too low.  The outdoors looks nice,
> though.
>
> Best,
> Christopher
>
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