60W equivalent LED bulb uses 9.5W and costs $13

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Post by coldpie » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 1:00 PM UTC

60W equivalent LED bulb uses 9.5W and costs $13
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Post by nakedrobot2 » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 1:27 PM UTC

This is excellent. However, please do not say "this is enough for me" after you replace all your incandescent light bulbs with these. Household energy consumption is a tiny, tiny drop in the bucket compared to industrical energy consumption and shipping.

Re: 60W equivalent LED bulb uses 9.5W and costs $13

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Post by DSingularity » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 1:29 PM UTC

10 year warranty. Wow.

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Post by ams6110 » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 1:34 PM UTC

nakedrobot2 wrote: post #2

This is excellent. However, please do not say "this is enough for me" after you replace all your incandescent light bulbs with these. Household energy consumption is a tiny, tiny drop in the bucket compared to industrical energy consumption and shipping.

I'm not quite sure what you're saying... that the LED bulbs have a much higher energy and environmental "cost" in manufacturing, compared to a standard incandescent? That's quite likely true and has to be considered in the big picture (similar issues with electric vehicles, that their proponents like to ignore).

For me the answer is simple: $13 is way too much to pay for a light bulb, I don't care how efficient it is.

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Post by lucaspiller » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 1:36 PM UTC

> These are white LEDs, that is, blue LEDs covered with a white-light-emitting phosphor

Could someone explain that a bit more please?

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Post by melling » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 1:36 PM UTC

It seems like we're near the tipping point where LED lights will start to make an impact:

http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=99&t=3

In addition, all those places on earth where it's dark at night should be able to use lower power lights, when the price comes down a little more.

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Post by wtdominey » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 1:37 PM UTC

Prices keep coming down. I was at IKEA last week and they were having a sale on their E26 LED bulb for only 6 bucks. Hadn't tried their LEDs before (have others from Home Depot/Lowes) but it has great light/color. Of course it being IKEA who knows what the actual mileage will be, but they're worth checking out.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/liv...

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Post by matt_ » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 1:38 PM UTC

ams6110 wrote: post #4

nakedrobot2 wrote: post #2

This is excellent. However, please do not say "this is enough for me" after you replace all your incandescent light bulbs with these. Household energy consumption is a tiny, tiny drop in the bucket compared to industrical energy consumption and shipping.

I'm not quite sure what you're saying... that the LED bulbs have a much higher energy and environmental "cost" in manufacturing, compared to a standard incandescent? That's quite likely true and has to be considered in the big picture (similar issues with electric vehicles, that their proponents like to ignore). For me the answer is simple: $13 is way too much to pay for a light bulb, I don't care how efficient it is…

That $13 led lamp will last you 10x as long as an incandescent while saving you all of that electricity. As long as the cri is acceptable there's really no reason not to get it.

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Post by Samuel_Michon » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 1:41 PM UTC

wtdominey wrote: post #7

Prices keep coming down. I was at IKEA last week and they were having a sale on their E26 LED bulb for only 6 bucks. Hadn't tried their LEDs before (have others from Home Depot/Lowes) but it has great light/color. Of course it being IKEA who knows what the actual mileage will be, but they're worth checking out. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/categories/departments/liv...

“it being IKEA who knows what the actual mileage will be”

When I moved into my home 6,5 years a go, I bought compact fluorescent lamps at IKEA (the kind that looks like a regular incandescent light bulb). I have yet to replace one.

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Post by DanBC » Thu, Apr 25, 2013, 1:45 PM UTC

ams6110 wrote: post #4

nakedrobot2 wrote: post #2

This is excellent. However, please do not say "this is enough for me" after you replace all your incandescent light bulbs with these. Household energy consumption is a tiny, tiny drop in the bucket compared to industrical energy consumption and shipping.

I'm not quite sure what you're saying... that the LED bulbs have a much higher energy and environmental "cost" in manufacturing, compared to a standard incandescent? That's quite likely true and has to be considered in the big picture (similar issues with electric vehicles, that their proponents like to ignore). For me the answer is simple: $13 is way too much to pay for a light bulb, I don't care how efficient it is…

Nakedrobot2 is saying that industry in general wastes / uses very much more energy than households do.

While it's a good thing for households to move to energy efficient lighting it's not nearly enough. We need to work out ways for industry to reduce their energy waste / use.

$13 for a lightbulb isn't too bad, if it's a nice light and efficient and lasts a long time.

Businesses pay more than that if they need their light-bulb repair technician to get a ladder.

For me the benefit of all these low energy bulbs is to have lamps everywhere, rather than one or two bright lights. It's a shame that most of them are a harsh blue/white light at the moment.