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Telegram Sam
My gut feeling is that at the present level of fancy prices LED lighting is being over-hyped by comparing the savings with old style tungsten bulbs rather than with low energy fluorescent. That if one is able to do the calculations (I am not) the break-even point from a change-over is much longer than most folk realize. And that for all practical purposes the 25 year claimed life is irrelevant (I lose my receipts after 1 month).
I have an 8 w low energy compact fluorescent bulb which is on for lengthy periods each evening (in winter). The light output is satisfactory. How can I calculate if there are savings to be made from going LED - which would only make sense, I suppose, if I installed a lower than 8 w LED bulb?
In another room I have a relatively high power 30 W daylight fluorescent bulb which is on for even longer and gives excellent results. I have yet to find an LED equivalent at a price that gut feeling tells me would be justifiable on a swap basis.
Would folk advise me to stay as I am and ignore the LED hype?
I have an 8 w low energy compact fluorescent bulb which is on for lengthy periods each evening (in winter). The light output is satisfactory. How can I calculate if there are savings to be made from going LED - which would only make sense, I suppose, if I installed a lower than 8 w LED bulb?
In another room I have a relatively high power 30 W daylight fluorescent bulb which is on for even longer and gives excellent results. I have yet to find an LED equivalent at a price that gut feeling tells me would be justifiable on a swap basis.
Would folk advise me to stay as I am and ignore the LED hype?