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[Lamplighter]

So which bulbs do you choose ?



Here is a link to a comparison chart that may be useful...

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

So which bulbs do you choose ?

Since I don't know what any of that means or what the implications to my life might be, I'll have to answer "I dunno."

[xoxoxoBruce]

30 bulbs, who are they talking about, Al Gore?

[glatt]

LEDs have a lot of promise, and they keep getting better. But the purchase price is still very high, and the color of the light is critical. Most of the LEDs out there are too blue. And most are spotlights instead of globe lights. I think they are still not ready for prime time.

Also the chart lists 100 and 150 watt bulbs under the incandescent column, but you can't buy those any more. I think even 75 watt bulbs are off the shelves now.

[Beest]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

So which bulbs do you choose ?

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Here is a link to a comparison chart that may be useful...

Thers a lot of sticker shock on LED's, also that 50,000 hrs life they claim is to 50% brightness, that doesn't sound realistic to me, when I replace an incandescent or cfl , they are a bit brighter say 10% ? i don't think I'd be happy with a light at 50% of the new brightness, even 80% might be annoyling dim. That's going to change those efficiency numbers. I'm sure with slowly increasing volume they will get cheaper and beocme the norm, but I odn't buy they are the panacea they are proclaiming.

One of the problems woth CFL's and especially LED's is try to squeeze the new technology into the same applications, LED's are smaller are more directional, they work much better as small lights spread out over the whole ceiling, than trying to squeeze them into a bulb shape that shines all around and screws into a central mount.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Beest

LED's are smaller are more directional, they work much better as small lights spread out over the whole ceiling, than trying to squeeze them into a bulb shape that shines all around and screws into a central mount.

This form factor is a step in the right direction. This would provide a ring of light hitting a segment of a lamp shade and a circle hitting the ceiling. Almost there, assuming they have the brightness and color down.

[Lamplighter]

I wanted to install a "step light" to illuminate just the top step in a dark hallway.
Heat build-up with incandescent bulbs is a fire hazard issue,
and the motion detectors I've seen are not approved for CFL's.

I installed an interior step-light that uses a 4x4 array of LED's,
but it is way too bright... it lights up the entire hallway at night,
and the color is not to my liking.

So now I'm in the market for a colored filter to tone it down.
It might have been easier to just give everyone their own flashlight !

[glatt]

I have to admit, lamplighter, that I'm surprised you didn't go with a natural gas lamp.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by glatt

This form factor is a step in the right direction. This would provide a ring of light hitting a segment of a lamp shade and a circle hitting the ceiling. Almost there, assuming they have the brightness and color down.

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Glatt, that's what my tail/brake lights look like. 92 LEDs, some pointing out the back but most out the side to the reflector. Very bright.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

So which bulbs do you choose ?

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Here is a link to a comparison chart that may be useful...

The NY Times has an excellent roundup of LED bulbs now on the market. Price, where to buy, type of light, programable features, etc.

[Pete Zicato]

With Wonder bread gone, all sorts of wannabees have stepped up to the plate.

Recently we bought some Bimbo bread at Sams. (Yes, this is really a thing) Don't bother. It's dense and dry. Not what I want for a Wonder substitute.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

With Wonder bread gone, all sorts of wannabees have stepped up to the plate.

Recently we bought some Bimbo bread at Sams. (Yes, this is really a thing) Don't bother. It's dense and dry. Not what I want for a Wonder substitute.

Bimbo is the biggest baker in the world, their US brands include;
» arnold
» ball park (buns)
» bimbo
» boboli
» brownberry
» EarthGrains
» Entenmann's
» francisco
» freihofer's
» marinela
» mrs baird's
» oroweat
» sara lee
» stroehmann
» thomas'
and more

[Pete Zicato]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Bimbo is the biggest baker in the world

Hmm. You'd think they'd be better at it, then.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Hmm. You'd think they'd be better at it, then.

C'mon Pete, it's Sams club, they're looking for cheap.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

With Wonder bread gone, all sorts of wannabees have stepped up to the plate.

Recently we bought some Bimbo bread at Sams. (Yes, this is really a thing) Don't bother. It's dense and dry. Not what I want for a Wonder substitute.

But it is an eligible purchase for WIC and food stamps ... says so on the shelf in the welfare supermarket.

I drove past the Stroehman factory some months back (which means it was probably over a year ago) and was very surprised to see Papa Stroehman's face off the sign, replaced by the nowhere near as personable Bimbo bear.

My other great regret was the closing down of the Wonder Factory. It was on my way to college (and pretty much darn near anywhere else south of me). I used to love getting stuck at that traffic light and be totally enveloped in the aroma of Wonderbread.