I See The Light! Fluorescent Tube Bulbs to LED

[BlondieBoomer]

Some of the early fluorescents didn't last as long as they were supposed to. But we have one bulb, mounted in a fixture kind of high up on the outside of our house. We have looked all over and can't find the switch to turn it off. Perhaps someone remodeled and hid the switch? Anyway, it's on 24/7. We have to replace the bulb about once every 3 years. So figure roughly a life of 26,000 hours. An incandescent bulb lasts around 1,200 hours. And they produce less light per watt. So it seems like a good deal to me.

Our electric bill dropped $30 a month after we switched out all the bulbs.

 

[AprilT]

I will have to get a ladder to switch out the rest of my batteries, as it's just too difficult trying to climb on a chair as I did for the light in my living room. I've swithed out about four lights so far, I will wait till I purchase a step ladder to try to do the rest. I probably could get someone else to do it, but, I still need to have the ladder anyway, so there's that.

 

[tnthomas]

Remember when the whole country was guilted into switching out all our lightbulbs for those screw-shaped ones? I don't remember what those are called because I only tried one 2-pack before switching back to regular bulbs, which were a dime-a-dozen by then for the 4-pack. But anyway, now everywhere I look I'm reading that the LED lights are far and away a better thing to all mankind and the environment than the screw-shaped ones. One article said that the screwy ones are actually noxious.

I bought LED lights for my Christmas tree last year and didn't even realize it til I took them out of the package. Brightest Tree Ever!!!

[h=5][/h]California will phase out the use of incandescent bulbs by 2018. I don't care for the CF (curly fluorescent) bulbs, they don't last as long as they are supposed to.

I've been replacing the incandescent bulbs in lamps and fixtures when they burn out, with the CF bulbs. Interestingly, the fixture in the master BR still has all 3 original incandescent bulbs.

 

[AprilT]

California will phase out the use of incandescent bulbs by 2018. I don't care for the CF (curly fluorescent) bulbs, they don't last as long as they are supposed to.

I've been replacing the incandescent bulbs in lamps and fixtures when they burn out, with the CF bulbs. Interestingly, the fixture in the master BR still has all 3 original incandescent bulbs.

I have a few of those curly ones CF bulbs, but, since my light company gave a case (16) of LED bulbs for free, I'm using the LED ones and putting the Florescent on hold. When the LEDs burn out, I'll make use of the CF ones I have on hand; by then there should be another price drop, maybe.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I just wish they would have left all the bulbs alone. I know,energy efficient and all that stuff. I bought a couple of quite expensive bulbs and they blew out in a month. My whole new kitchen that my son renovated was ruined. I wanted painted cabinets. The paint color looked fine under the old lighting. We bought a new ceiling fan with the new type of bulbs and it drastically changed the color of the cabinets. So much so that nothing matches. I tried several others,soft white,day light.etc. none work like the good old 75 watt bulbs.

 

[SeaBreeze]

 

[BlondieBoomer]

I just wish they would have left all the bulbs alone. I know,energy efficient and all that stuff. I bought a couple of quite expensive bulbs and they blew out in a month. My whole new kitchen that my son renovated was ruined. I wanted painted cabinets. The paint color looked fine under the old lighting. We bought a new ceiling fan with the new type of bulbs and it drastically changed the color of the cabinets. So much so that nothing matches. I tried several others,soft white,day light.etc. none work like the good old 75 watt bulbs.

Ruth, if you bought LED bulbs that burned out in a month it must have been defective. You should have returned it for a refund. We'v had LED bulbs throughput our home and have yet to have one burn out.

Perhaps the color tone on your LED bulbs was wrong for your kitchen. LED bulbs have color designations expressed as Kelvin or "K". The lower the Kelvin rating is, the warmer the light the bulb will emit. A 2700 to 3000 K rating is similar to the light of an incandescent bulb. Almost all of the LED bulbs in our home are in this number range. Numbers from 4000 to 5000 are cool or more like daylight. I think they're too stark for my house but they are great in the garage. 5000 k is almost a blueish color. I hope this helps.