Those Lightbulbs again

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Jan 12, 2016 3:06 pm

This thread reminds me that Lowes has a 6-pack of 60W equivalent LEDs on sale for $5 this week. I ought to bestir myself to make the trip.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 1:08 am

The beginning of the end

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:11 am

Defiant wrote:The beginning of the end

Might explain why I just bought (3) GE 100w CF for $3. Maybe I should start stocking them.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:12 am

Was at Home Depot this weekend and got a 100W equivalent (1600 lumens) LED bulb for $5.99. I'd gotten so used to 800 lumens that these are incredibly bright - and only 13W. Very nice.

NickAragua · Post by **NickAragua** » Mon Apr 03, 2017 11:12 am

#FirstWorldProblems: When you go buy some LED bulbs to replace some crappy old burnt out yellow ones and the color and brightness is so different that your wife starts bitching at you.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Apr 03, 2017 11:32 am

I like the higher, whiter/bluer color temps. The wife and MIL occasionally push back. On the bedside lamps, I gave ground due to aesthetics, and not needing that harsh a light when the dogs make a mess at 3 am.

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Mon Apr 03, 2017 2:01 pm

stessier wrote:Was at Home Depot this weekend and got a 100W equivalent (1600 lumens) LED bulb for $5.99. I'd gotten so used to 800 lumens that these are incredibly bright - and only 13W. Very nice.

Now that I've finally gotten my mother to stop storing her cereal boxes in the oven, I might have to pick up a few for her. Thanks! Nice deal they have on a Ryobi 18v complete set of tools too! Almost as cheap as buying some new batteries for my Ridgid, which by the way were supposedly free for a lifetime. haha yeah right.

Combustible Lemur · Post by **Combustible Lemur** » Mon Apr 03, 2017 3:41 pm

NickAragua wrote:#FirstWorldProblems: When you go buy some LED bulbs to replace some crappy old burnt out yellow ones and the color and brightness is so different that your wife starts bitching at you.

The are now economically sound LED lamps that are color matched to the old "soft white" bulbs.

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Enough · Post by **Enough** » Mon Apr 03, 2017 3:52 pm

Isgrimnur wrote:I like the higher, whiter/bluer color temps. The wife and MIL occasionally push back. On the bedside lamps, I gave ground due to aesthetics, and not needing that harsh a light when the dogs make a mess at 3 am.

There's a bulb that will make all of you happy. We picked ours up at Home Depot, they change color temp each time you flick the on switch from daylight (cool, bright light like you dig), soft white (classic incan color balance), to warm white (a nice moody light). We put these in our bedroom ceiling fixtures and love them!

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Mon Apr 03, 2017 3:58 pm

Intriguing.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Mon Apr 03, 2017 7:23 pm

Nine bucks for a lightbulb! I remember when utility companies used to give them away. Back when America was great.

stessier · Post by **stessier** » Mon Apr 03, 2017 7:35 pm

I know that is a joke, but this was a good article DubiousQuality linked to in the Friday roundup - Why the falling cost of light matters.

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Sat May 20, 2017 1:43 am

Lowe's has on clearance a two pack of 9W, 60W equivalent LEDs for $1.19 right now.

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Thu Aug 03, 2017 12:09 am

Never knew that a lightbulb could interfere with the garage door opener http://www.geniecompany.com/garage-door ... lightbulbs

Enough · Post by **Enough** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:20 pm

Welp, in a surprise to nobody:

Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs

$iljanus · Post by **$iljanus** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:23 pm

Enough wrote:Welp, in a surprise to nobody:

Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs

Well they have to find a way to sell the necessity of keeping coal fired plants open. What's good for coal is good for America!

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Tue Mar 26, 2019 1:28 pm

Lowe's reduced the price to $12 on some LED 4ft fluorescent replacement bulb that let you modify the lighting fixture so no more need for ballast. They're pretty nice and bright and only twice the price of a regular fluorescent tube so no more fluorescent bulbs.

I've never liked fluorescent lights, these are much better and less than half the wattage.

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:54 pm

Don't count incandescents out yet:

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/75762382 ... cpv702KYP0

Last March, NPR's Jeff Brady reported, "Thanks to a 2007 law signed by President George W. Bush, shelves these days are largely stocked with LED bulbs that look more like the traditional pear-shape incandescent version but use just one-fifth the energy. A second wave of lightbulb changes was set to happen. But now the Trump administration wants to undo an Obama-era regulation designed to make a wide array of specialty lightbulbs more energy-efficient."

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:59 pm

I look forward to him personally signing the patent application for a coal-fired light bulb.

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:03 pm

Haven't most bulb manufacturers retooled into making LED's? And I think a lot of consumers will reject non-LED bulbs.

Grifman · Post by **Grifman** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 7:44 pm

Alefroth wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:54 pm Don't count incandescents out yet:

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/75762382 ... cpv702KYP0

Last March, NPR's Jeff Brady reported, "Thanks to a 2007 law signed by President George W. Bush, shelves these days are largely stocked with LED bulbs that look more like the traditional pear-shape incandescent version but use just one-fifth the energy. A second wave of lightbulb changes was set to happen. But now the Trump administration wants to undo an Obama-era regulation designed to make a wide array of specialty lightbulbs more energy-efficient."

I think this is going to be like the auto emissions thing. Companies are going to realize that the Trump roll backs are temporary and going to go ahead and move forward. This was signed under Bush and they know that Trump's regressive actions won't last long term. I hope I get to see a Democrat in the office, revoking all of Trump's various executive actions on the first day of office.

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 8:02 pm

Grifman wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2019 7:44 pm
Alefroth wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2019 3:54 pm Don't count incandescents out yet:

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/75762382 ... cpv702KYP0

Last March, NPR's Jeff Brady reported, "Thanks to a 2007 law signed by President George W. Bush, shelves these days are largely stocked with LED bulbs that look more like the traditional pear-shape incandescent version but use just one-fifth the energy. A second wave of lightbulb changes was set to happen. But now the Trump administration wants to undo an Obama-era regulation designed to make a wide array of specialty lightbulbs more energy-efficient."

I think this is going to be like the auto emissions thing. Companies are going to realize that the Trump roll backs are temporary and going to go ahead and move forward. This was signed under Bush and they know that Trump's regressive actions won't last long term. I hope I get to see a Democrat in the office, revoking all of Trump's various executive actions on the first day of office.

Yep, totally agree. He can give the appearance of rolling back regulations without it actually having any material effect.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 8:24 pm

This is something I like though. If people want to use them let them. I need them. I have a well pump and the best way to heat the area around it is a light bulb. Its a small enclosed area so it works very well and cheaply. Theres a heater there for the really cold nights but a light bulb works great otherwise. I bought a case of them on Amazon years ago and someone else gave me a big bag of them. Still have plenty. But it sucks in stores like Walmart where we could buy a 4 pack for .88 cents that all I see now are LED bulbs at $8 or more each. Theres not even any CFLs that I love and still use in the house now. The CFLs I put in in around 2008 are still working and cost pennies. The bill dropped like $80 back then. Maybe $60 cant remember now. But CFL and LED provide no heat. Yes no energy loss hardly but I need the heat in the well pump space.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 8:26 pm

Daehawk wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2019 8:24 pm This is something I like though. If people want to use them let them. I need them. I have a well pump and the best way to heat the area around it is a light bulb. Its a small enclosed area so it works very well and cheaply. Theres a heater there for the really cold nights but a light bulb works great otherwise. I bought a case of them on Amazon years ago and someone else gave me a big bag of them. Still have plenty. But it sucks in stores like Walmart where we could buy a 4 pack for .88 cents that all I see now are LED bulbs at $8 or more each. Theres not even any CFLs that I love and still use in the house now. The CFLs I put in in around 2008 are still working and cost pennies. The bill dropped like $80 back then. Maybe $60 cant remember now. But CFL and LED provide no heat. Yes no energy loss hardly but I need the heat in the well pump space.

Subsidizing Buggy Whip manufacturers is not a good practice, even if you like your buggy whip.

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 8:27 pm

I'm going to suggest that a light bulb is maybe not the best way to heat the area in question. Might be easiest. For a while, it might have even been the cheapest. But the best? No. I don't think that's true.

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 9:49 pm

Smoove_B wrote: Thu Sep 05, 2019 8:27 pm I'm going to suggest that a light bulb is maybe not the best way to heat the area in question. Might be easiest. For a while, it might have even been the cheapest. But the best? No. I don't think that's true.

I used to leave the decorative lights burning on the Christmas Ficus on a really cold night. I guess I could have left sprinklers running all night like the orange groves do?

Now that I don't have the ficus i'm all for LEDs in Florida. These $12 4ft replacements from Home Depot have been great so far.

Way back when I was in Virginia Beach we kept things cold in the winter, I remember using my 1000W halogen floor lamp for light and heat in a two fer. The only way I could have light that bright right now would be if I'd mount some of these 4ft LEDs inside but they wouldn't exactly be attractive.

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:54 pm

Trump is coming for your light bulbs because democracy dies in darkness.

Zaxxon · Post by **Zaxxon** » Thu Sep 05, 2019 11:05 pm

Kraken wrote:Trump is coming for your light bulbs because democracy dies in darkness.

Bravo.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:31 am

How is my daughter going to bake me treats in her Easy Bake Oven with LED lighting. Have you guys even thought about Easy Bake Ovens???

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:37 am

ImLawBoy wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:31 am How is my daughter going to bake me treats in her Easy Bake Oven with LED lighting. Have you guys even thought about Easy Bake Ovens???

Snark aside.

Wiki

current versions use a true heating element

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:50 am

In this day and age of kids in bubble wrap and it being everyone else's fault Im surprised those are still around and the company has not been sued out of existence.

Post by **ImLawBoy** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:04 am

Isgrimnur wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:37 am
ImLawBoy wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:31 am How is my daughter going to bake me treats in her Easy Bake Oven with LED lighting. Have you guys even thought about Easy Bake Ovens???
Snark aside.

Wiki

current versions use a true heating element

Interesting, but my daughter's oven, which we got last Christmas, uses an old school light bulb. Fortunately my parents had some lying around since it didn't come with one and they're otherwise hard to come by these days.

Daehawk wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:50 am In this day and age of kids in bubble wrap and it being everyone else's fault Im surprised those are still around and the company has not been sued out of existence.

This kind of thing is largely overstated based on a few sensational cases.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:27 am

ImLawBoy wrote: Fri Sep 06, 2019 10:31 am How is my daughter going to bake me treats in her Easy Bake Oven with LED lighting. Have you guys even thought about Easy Bake Ovens???

Seems she found a way:

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:48 am

Government by vindictive.

Trump: Is there anything else Obama did that we can undo?

Staffer: Um, he got rid of incandescent light bulbs, but that was good for the environment.

Trump: Bring 'em back!

Alefroth · Post by **Alefroth** » Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:22 pm

https://www.ledsmagazine.com/leds-ssl-d ... oduce-heat

AWS260 · Post by **AWS260** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:24 am

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1172349985259753472

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:53 am

Where's the Seinfeld music?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 1:25 pm

Trump declares war on the color orange. Suicide imminent.

YellowKing · Post by **YellowKing** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:08 pm

Have you noticed Republicans are never FOR anything, unless it's guns? Everything else is just ranting about shit they don't like.

Malificent · Post by **Malificent** » Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:25 pm

Because it's easier to destroy than build.