Iām just new to LED bulbs so I canāt speak on them, but everyone leaves lights on all over our house and I got so tired of replacing incandescent bulbs I just bought up a bunch of CFLs a while ago. Everyone complains about how they are dim and off-colored at first, but Iām the one that replaces them. :rage: These large globe bulbs that go above the bathroom mirror are the only incandescent bulbs left and these 40W bulbs burn out every 2 months. :person_facepalming:
Philips Classic Glass Soft White are beautiful, efficient, and seem to last well.
That little more energy they take makes a big impact on my energy bill. :laughing:
Replaced 40W incandies with 4W LED WW and now the bill is substantially cheaper. Sure the LED costed 4 times as much as an incandy but looking at the reduced energy bill I think it was worth it since the energy bill is slabbed so crossing a certain limit will further increase per unit costā¦
Heard something about incandies making a comeback with nanotechnology or something. If that works out I might switch to them new incandies.
I thought there was at least ome research that showed that the inefficiency of incandescent lights did not actually matter, as the heat produced made it so less energy was needed for heating
Incandies make a lot of IR which nobody can see anyways, but there are places that need cooling instead, like the tropicsā¦
Government banned sale/import, not usage of remaining stock anyway 
I bought around 70+ bulbs before EU regulation came into force. It was like 0.40 cents/piece that time.
Itās still possible to get them, but expensier under some āindustrial use onlyā declaration or something like that I heard.
I put 8w spiral CFL globes in our outside fittings 5 years ago, and have maybe replaced 2 out of 6, they run all night every night and 4 of them run 24/7/365 they are cool white and put out at least as much light as a 60w incandescent
I bought 9.5 watt warm white LED bulbs from Costco last year on sale for 50 cents each. They are even dimmable. I replaced all the incandescent bathroom bulbs which had a mixture of 60, 75, and 100 watt bulbs. So in total I replaced 19 bulbs and went from 1,250 watts down to 180.5 watts. Amazing! They donāt dim as well as the incandescent bulbs, but appear brighter and still have a nice tint. None have failed yet.
I got a 100W bulb blazing bright 24/7 under the patio to keep the pipes from freezing in this coldwave.
The inside valve is cranked shut as tight as possible, but still ātricklesā, ie, opening the outside valve to drain the pipe still leaves a constant trickle that never stops.
So, a 100W heater should helpā¦
When I lived in the woods, I had to replace incans every month or two. Power fluctuated enough to hammer them. I bought a CFL when they were very expensive and I donāt think I ever had to replace it. Probably 7 years or so till I moved.
My problem is I use incans to keep pipes from freezing. Getting harder to find high wattage lamps now.
Most problems with bulbs not lasting are spikes in voltage (AKA dirty power) coming into your home. Usually bulbs rated for 130v alleviates it
Dirty power, effects every electrical item connected to your main feed power source.
Bad wires, loose connections, overloading, also contribute to voltage fluctuation.
Iām surprised you like the tint in a bathroom. I replaced our incandescent bathroom lights with warm-white LED bulbs, but they made us look like we had a liver disease. I went back to incan lights.
I had that problem when I used 2700K LED bulbs. Switched to 3000K and now it looks much better. To match my incandescent I guess 3200K or so is needed.
Of course that is true, but dependent on where you are located. Where I live excess heat is the enemy. The A/C runs many hours, uses more energy, than our furnace. The thought of operating an incandescent with an illumination efficient of no more than 3% while operating the A/C to remain cool is abhorrent to me. We have 98% LEDās which are better with maybe a luminous efficiency of up to 20%. Still a long way to go, so that new technology is of interest.
You can buy the high CRI Hyperikon bulbs. Wonāt make you look like you have liver disease
These are the LED bulbs I got. Apparently 90+ CRI. No complaints from the family.
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FEIT also makes an LED household lamp with a built in small battery that gives 2 or 3 hours of use if the power fails.
I read somewhere (pre internet) that lightbulbs made in the communist bloc countries lasted for ages as there was no incentive to give them a shortened lifespan other than to give the workers in the Glorious Soviet Lightbulb Factory something to do.
Could be true, but Iām pretty sure as time went on their quality of manufacturing degraded tremendously as well. As it is easily seen with Soviet era vehicles and weapons the earlier ones were well built with the good manufacturing and quality materials but several decades later the same vehicles/weapons were being made with poor quality materials and failed more often. No incentive works both ways, no incentive to keep producing top of the line products anymore :smiling_imp: .
Freezing pipes you say lol. It was 42 degrees Celsius here yesterday i am happy i changed most of light to LEDs less power usage and less heat. Most of the LED bulbs for sale here are 90+ CRI. I was probably one of the last people to change from incandescent to LEDS i didnāt like the CFL bulbs so i kept using the incandescent for a lot longer and the price of LEDs was to high. I have been able to get 1000+ lumen bulbs for under $5 on sale here. Bonus i also get more light output in a 60w socket before it would be around 800 lumen max now i have lights running 1400 lumens. Plus considering that incans may cost $3+ here and on sale comparable LEDS are $5 or $6 each its well worth the investment.
In my house incandescent dont last that long seeing as some lights stay on all night i have seen an improvement with LEDs in life spans.
Incandescent bulbs have advanced slightly they fill the bulbs with different gases to get better life spans and better wattage and use different filament materials.
Sums up how the heat has got me lol!