LED Light Bulbs

[IndyWS6]

1) Far more efficient. I can get behind saving energy and money
2) As I get older, and as someone whose eyesight is fucked (cataract surgery on both eyes in the next few years), I need more light. It’s nice being able to stuff 5x the lumens at 3x less current draw into existing fixtures
3) It pisses me off that the government mandates the choice
4) Now that LED bulbs are not only the standard, but required, how the F are they still so expensive? Economies of scale don’t seem to apply here
5) they don’t last ANYWHERE near as long as advertised

Thoughts ?

 

[Robostyle]

I'm not a huge fan.

 

[Floyd Eye]

I like them but they are a pain in the ass. The guy I bought my car from changed out most of the bulbs to LED and I think he cheaped out. A lot of them don't draw enough to satisfy sensors and every time I start my car it tells me this light or that light is out. Usually they're not. It's a pain in the ass. I started to look in to getting some better ones, but it's confusing and they're fucking expensive. I'll probably just change them all to regular bulbs.

 

[NoHassle]

I'm a fan. Little to no heat, cheap to run and you can choose warm white or bright white.

I have them in every socket at my place and my elect acct is so cheap it's hilarious.

In the bedrooms where I have ceiling fans I'll install 3 LEDS at 60watts a piece per fan and they light up bright.

In the bathrooms I install one 120watt equivalent and it's perfect.

I have never been a fan of recessed down lights, absolutely useless. In these spaces I run 120watters and they just get by and they're fine.

LEDS all the way...if you can be fucked to work out what does work in each socket best for you.

 

[japetus]

It depends on the application. For growing..tomatoes...indoors during winter, they are great. I have some LED's in a a day room calabranda style lamp that is used at night, so they turn off themselves during the day. Regular bulbs for other applications, especially soft lighting, are sometimes preferred.

 

[JackBootedThug]

Led bulbs are great. Do not like in headlights though.

 

[Monkey Man]

Agreed on the price; we're being ripped-off.

Just a note about light "quality":
They've been in the aquarium hobby since the get-go and have come a long way insofar as spectral balances for simulating various biotopes are concerned. However, IMHO the light is kinda-hollow-looking, like a smiley-faced graphic-EQ setting or a beer with bottom and top-end but no midrange honk.

It's no surprise to me therefore that the few peeps who still run T8 fluorescent tubes and the like experience better plant growth overall. The light itself looks "thicker" in comparison to LED offerings.

 

[IndyWS6]

Agreed on the price; we're being ripped-off.

Just a note about light "quality":
They've been in the aquarium hobby since the get-go and have come a long way insofar as spectral balances for simulating various biotopes are concerned. However, IMHO the light is kinda-hollow-looking, like a smiley-faced graphic-EQ setting or a beer with bottom and top-end but no midrange honk.

It's no surprise to me therefore that the few peeps who still run T8 fluorescent tubes and the like experience better plant growth overall. The light itself looks "thicker" in comparison with LED offerings.

I moved from a fixture with dual 150W Metal Halide bulbs and dual fluorescent actinic bulbs to an LED fixture several years ago for my reef tank. Definitely pluses and minuses… way less heat, noise and energy consumption but it takes a lot of tweaking to dial-in the right spectrum for coral growth. It definitely works but it’s not plug & play. I also don’t get the (desirable) coralline algae growth I used to or the same shimmer at depth that MH provides…

 

[IndyWS6]

It depends on the application. For growing..tomatoes...indoors during winter, they are great. I have some LED's in a a day room calabranda style lamp that is used at night, so they turn off themselves during the day. Regular bulbs for other applications, especially soft lighting, are sometimes preferred.

There are a number of LED bulbs that allow you to control the color temperature, but they cost $$ above and beyond the already overpriced (IMO) “regular” LED bulbs.

 

[IndyWS6]

I like them but they are a pain in the ass. The guy I bought my car from changed out most of the bulbs to LED and I think he cheaped out. A lot of them don't draw enough to satisfy sensors and every time I start my car it tells me this light or that light is out. Usually they're not. It's a pain in the ass. I started to look in to getting some better ones, but it's confusing and they're fucking expensive. I'll probably just change them all to regular bulbs.

Internal automotive lighting? Like dash, passenger compartment, etc? I’ve never considered using anything but what was OEM…

 

[Floyd Eye]

Internal automotive lighting? Like dash, passenger compartment, etc? I’ve never considered using anything but what was OEM…

Exterior. Side markers, tail lights etc.

 

[IndyWS6]

Exterior. Side markers, tail lights etc.

Gotcha…

 

[Robostyle]

Internal automotive lighting? Like dash, passenger compartment, etc? I’ve never considered using anything but what was OEM…

Lots of enthusiasts are into "upgrading" their dash/interior lights with LEDs.

 

[Floyd Eye]

Lots of enthusiasts are into "upgrading" their dash/interior lights with LEDs.

I like the interior of my car dark. And my windows certainly exceed the legal tint limit.

 

[NoHassle]

I like the interior of my car dark. And my windows certainly exceed the legal tint limit.

You and me are more alike than I thought.

So, you too jerk off hard at the lights as those big bouncy titties go by in front of you crossing the street and nobody can see you.

 

[Floyd Eye]

You and me are more alike than I thought.

So, you too jerk off hard at the lights as those big bouncy titties go by in front of you crossing the street and nobody can see you.

See, we’re paison. You got a shotgun strapped to the back of your passenger seat too ?

 

[NoHassle]

See, we’re paison. You got a shotgun strapped to the back of your passenger seat too ?

Of course...how else can I make her give it up without a fight.

 

[Floyd Eye]

Well I think it's fucked up that the government mandated we have to use LED light bulbs. 80% of which are made in Asia. Most in China. Mother fuckers. And they don't fucking last 10 years either. Maybe 2.

 

[84superchamp]

Well I think it's fucked up that the government mandated we have to use LED light bulbs. 80% of which are made in Asia. Most in China. Mother fuckers. And they don't fucking last 10 years either. Maybe 2.

As usual, govt mandates suck. Is it across the LED spectrum (household) that they don't achieve ultimate brightness for a few seconds?
Longevity: I've had the same bulb in a stairwell that never shuts off....about 18 months now. Maybe a key; they last longer if you never shut them off.

 

[Robostyle]

LEDs pull less amps.
Meanwhile data centers and AI are pulling down huge amps.
Electricity is weird