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crabcakes66 posted:They come in whatever color/temp you want. Pay attention to what you buy next time. until recently soft white leds were super expensive and looked kind of lovely. theyve gotten better these days
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sweetmercifulcrap posted:"daylight" / cool white bulbs look good - if the room they're in has cooler color tones. Otherwise they look weird and the light is not relaxing. if you care taht much you can get adjustable ones liek phillips hue or whatever
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My wife leaves the lights on all the time so LEDs are p good Also 3000k is god's colour temperature
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Jun 8, 2016 21:03
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can hardly say they're saving you money now that they're the standard. sure is cheaper than the whale oil ive been using to illuminate my house for the last 400 years even though it burns clean and doesnt leave a noticeable smell
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reallivedinosaur posted:yeah you could wait for mystery science that every year they announce is "just years away", like uber-efficient incandescents, fusion, better batteries, mega efficient solar panels, flying cars slightly refining a ~150 year old technology is totally the same as fusion or flying cars, you've convinced me jk, youve radicalized me- whale oil crew for life
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replaced all the 4 foot florescent tubes in my basement with 2 foot led fixtures. waiting for the compact florescent bulbs to burn out.
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crabcakes66 posted:They come in whatever color/temp you want. Pay attention to what you buy next time. mik posted:My wife leaves the lights on all the time so LEDs are p good
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I put bright LED rope lighting all along the ceiling and some of the corners of my workout room so it looks like the Empire Strikes Back when I light it up.
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Jun 8, 2016 21:23
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Before he moved out my grandpa had done a partial replacement of the house lightbulbs with LEDs in his house and they were garbage terrible luminosity and bad color
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Drink Cheerwine posted:slightly refining a ~150 year old technology is totally the same as fusion or flying cars, you've convinced me then go buy a case of your slightly refined 10x more efficient filament bulbs down at the home depot and pop them into your existing fixtures
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hemophilia posted:Before he moved out my grandpa had done a partial replacement of the house lightbulbs with LEDs in his house and they were garbage terrible luminosity and bad color How long ago was this? LEDs have come A LONG WAY the last few years. Early LED bulbs were bullshit.
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Germstore posted:How long ago was this? LEDs have come A LONG WAY the last few years. Early LED bulbs were bullshit. I know some people who have problems with LED bulbs who are people who bought a poo poo ton of poo poo ones off of dealxtreme or banggood, have no idea about color temperature or whatnot, and expect them to be the same as the pricey Cree or Philips bulbs they see at the Lowes. Then they will say things like "LED bulbs are bullshit because they are all different colors and half of them dont work and my house burned down"
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Germstore posted:How long ago was this? LEDs have come A LONG WAY the last few years. Early LED bulbs were bullshit. he did this around 2007 or so.
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An Ounce of Gold posted:Hey assholes, you can choose what color temp you want the LED bulb in now a days. I have soft yellows that are the just about same as the old poo poo bulbs. Wise up jerks. Also we have a lot of chandelier/fan light systems and immediately started saving a little over $20 a month. The cost to install all of the lights was about $80. You bums. Truth. Ceiling fixtures with four sockets is a huge savings. Figure 4 60w bulbs being replaced by 4 10w Leds. That poo poo adds up Power consumption savings at least. ziasquinn fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Jun 8, 2016 |
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reallivedinosaur posted:I know some people who have problems with LED bulbs who are people who bought a poo poo ton of poo poo ones off of dealxtreme or banggood, have no idea about color temperature or whatnot, and expect them to be the same as the pricey Cree or Philips bulbs they see at the Lowes. Yeah that's the biggest problem right now. Cheap led lights are loving garbage. Inconsistent color range, and scary build quality (like, the electronics section is just hot glue and crap). If you like blue white light, sure, save a couple bucks. But almost without fail the cheap crap will disappoint. Can't be dimmed, etc
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I've actually been tempted to give the gf parents a ton of leds for their house because the dad is pretty frugal and I think he'd actually enjoy em. But I know nothing about these magical bulbs so I dunno what to look for.
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nullEntityRNG posted:I've actually been tempted to give the gf parents a ton of leds for their house because the dad is pretty frugal and I think he'd actually enjoy em. But I know nothing about these magical bulbs so I dunno what to look for. I sperged out when I replaced the bulbs in my house. If you know they like warmer yellow light, aim for 2700k-3300k. Any home improvement store will have displays. The boxes mention what watt they're designed to replace (replaces 60w or whatever) and what they are themselves. Cold white lights are 6500k. If anything, there's more range in the led now than when the market was only incandescent and early fluorescence. If you wanna drop big cash get him a ton of the hue lights and he can decide what color he wants
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Your Dead Gay Son posted:I sperged out when I replaced the bulbs in my house. If you know they like warmer yellow light, aim for 2700k-3300k. Any home improvement store will have displays. The boxes mention what watt they're designed to replace (replaces 60w or whatever) and what they are themselves. Cold white lights are 6500k. If anything, there's more range in the led now than when the market was only incandescent and early fluorescence. Ah thanks. I don't think they care about changing the color all too much, but knowing what K I need to shoot for is a major help
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nullEntityRNG posted:Ah thanks. I don't think they care about changing the color all too much, but knowing what K I need to shoot for is a major help The nice thing about the wattage is it doesn't even matter. If the original fixture was designed for 60w you can pretty much throw an equivalent 100w led into it (what, 25w?). That's a loving bright bulb though. Hurt your eyes bright. I can't imagine heat being an issue in the base for anything made by a real company, like GE. especially since they built in heat sinks along the bulb
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What about dimmer switches, I mean don't those primarily work by increasing the energy put in the bulbs, that wouldn't work for leds unless you revamp the switch itself, right? They got a shiton of dimmer ones in their kitchen
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angerbeet posted:They had these really cool Edison LED bulbs at the hardware store but they were expensive and I don't have any lamps that will show them of because showing off the bulb has not been a feature in most lamps for the past forever. I think they won't even sell those to u until u prove u have enough shiplap and exposed brick to qualify.
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nullEntityRNG posted:What about dimmer switches, I mean don't those primarily work by increasing the energy put in the bulbs, that wouldn't work for leds unless you revamp the switch itself, right? E: I'd get one type of whatever you're planning on going to and trying it out before going whole hog. They are a little more money and they claim to last for decades so you want to be sure you like them. Sten Freak fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Jun 8, 2016 |
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I just get the cheapest LED bulbs available at Lowe's or wherever. They seem ok. I had to get a couple of mini candelabra ones for a ceiling light like 2 years ago and they were $15 a piece though, that was bullshit. When I sold my house I took them with me, no freebies for you moron who bought my poo poo house. Inept fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Jun 8, 2016 |
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Ork of Fiction posted:I think they won't even sell those to u until u prove u have enough shiplap and exposed brick to qualify. I've got so much exposed brick man you don't even know
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I bought some chinese ones that connect over wifi that can dim/change colors for like 18 bucks each and they work fine, would buy again
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Jun 9, 2016 01:05
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Sweden sells dimmable soft white 60w replacement LEDs for like 4 bucks each.
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Volcott posted:Sweden sells dimmable soft white 60w replacement LEDs for like 4 bucks each. When I bought this house and swapped out the lights Lowe's had them for about this and sometimes 2.99 on sale. Soft white, but not sure if they're dimmable since I dont have any dimmer switches. The light looks great. These were just regular sized bulbs though, the other variants got quite expensive.
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if i cared about my landlords utility bill i would tone down my bitcoin mining operation a little first
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paul_soccer10 posted:if i cared about my landlords utility bill i would tone down my bitcoin mining operation a little first Touche'
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I have those Philips Hue things as well, I didn't like the apps they have for it (no direct RGB control) so I wrote a little javascript thing with HSV and RGB sliders on it. Our light switches/dimmers are now any computer, phone or tablet on the wifi. Obviously I dont use it to get laid like that other guy.
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Twice, the local Costco had a deal for 4-packs of LED bulbs for 6 bucks. Twice, I bought the maximum (3 packs). With all of those I was able to convert every single light in my house to LED. I have not noticed a big difference in the energy bill. TVs, computers and especially appliances still suck up most of the energy. And the AC if I decide to run it.
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Did a ballast bypass conversion on my last florescent fixture. No more giant heavy mercury having glass tubes. Feels good, man.
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I did in my kitchen but now it feels like a hotel bathroom.
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I use vintage-style lights I guy for $5 a pop. They have a very warm look and feel to them and the filament is neat looking.
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I switched every possible light about a year ago when they looked cheap enough to be worth doing - I hated my CFLs so much, on average the fuckers hardly lasted longer than long-life incandescents.
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The Kroger near me had a bunch of 60 watt equivalents on clearance for $2 each two years ago. I replaced all of the incandescent bulbs in my house for $50 and I've still got extras. Thanks for reminding me about this, OP. Voting 5.
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I didn't know Philips Hue lets you change the colors using an app. That's awesome. I could see cool stuff like making them green at Christmas or something like that. drat it, why did I learn this after replacing 30 lights in my home 
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:I didn't know Philips Hue lets you change the colors using an app. That's awesome. I could see cool stuff like making them green at Christmas or something like that. drat it, why did I learn this after replacing 30 lights in my home I am considering doing this. Then I can have high color temp during the day and then warm white at night.
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Volcott posted:They don't work right with my dimmer switches from the 70s and you can't put them in fluorescent fixtures but I'm switching over everything else. They make dimmable LED ones now Putting those bendy compact fluorescents in something on a dimmer switch is scary as poo poo though SKREEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Mange Mite posted:I am considering doing this. Then I can have high color temp during the day and then warm white at night. For real
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