Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

["Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

More appropriately, your most intelligent argument should have been

  "Say Watt?"


<salty@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:22:25 -0500, "Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Apparently you don't understand the scale used for illumination by your
>>silly comment used to attempt to disguise it. I will assume the rest is
>>bullshit then too, for now.
>>
>
> Go back to sleep.
>
>>
>><salty@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:36:32 -0500, "Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>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?
>>>
>>> No inverters or "lossy gadgets" involved, other than what is built
>>> into the base of the lamps. The draw measured includes any and all
>>> parts of the assembly.
>>>
>>>>Have you actually measured the "equivalent" light output or
>>>>does it just look about the same?
>>>
>>> Measured. Nav lights have to meet strict legal requirements and be
>>> certified.
>>>
>>>>Brilliance is a logarithmic scale and can
>>>>be very deceiving to the human eye.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You really can't stand being wrong, can you?
>>>
>>>>Trouble with the lab measurements is they are not usually dated when
>>>>completed and the technology advances quite rapidly.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry that you have such a hard time with reality.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>><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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>