LED light bulbs

diehardbiker said:
True about gas leak not worry but most of stove related accident were electric stove, not gas! There is research long time ago proved that Electric poses fire risk greater than gas model.
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That was vintage electric stove and it's common fire risk.
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I see that before.

Right now, Flat electric stove don't get fire risk so much.
 
Reba said:
Did you read the comments following the article?
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No I didn't, I even didn't read the article... I just Google it and found just the title and plug it in AD. Since most of the articles all similar....

So, I'll go ahead read the comments....
 
I just gotten Leviton 6151 lamp holder socket dimmer yesterday.

I am using dimmable standard LED replacement lightbulbs and replaced a three-way switch on an old lamp with one of these and it works great!!! :)

Also it works great with Sonic Alert remote receiver!
 
I can adapt to both electric and gas, but will say that for reduction of heat gas is much more accurate.
 
Some days, I wish we had gas, but I've been too afraid and we can't have it in this neighborhood.
 
KristinaB said:
Some days, I wish we had gas, but I've been too afraid and we can't have it in this neighborhood.
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I know what you mean, especially when waiting for the pot to boil. :giggle:
 
My electric bill with 3 CFL bulbs burning 24/7 runs me $20 a month.

I am debating making the house all electric but gas is cheaper for heating and cooking.
So I think Im going to stick with gas on heating and cooking and electric for everything else.
 
I now have more LED in my house than 3 years ago, and it did cut my electric bills considerable, mind you that 3 years ago most of light bulbs in my house is CFL! I no longer buy CFL, but LED instead for several reasons, CFL is not Deaf friendly while LED does. LED can tolerate beating from rapid repeating on and off while CFL will burn faster that way. And welcome to Phillips HUE! I now have them, man! I love it and am trying to figure out how to get most out of Phillips HUE. I even use them as alarm clock, timer used with cooking or other purpose. Soon, will use them for smoke/CO alarm. Even Videophone calls, it will work too. I have set them whenever my wood burning stove room that would trigger all lights into red if temp rise to 120 degrees. So far, have not gone over 100 degrees. I also even connect to text message, whenever there is emergency from my parents, my wife, even my friends text me with emergency these lights will change the color to alert me. And much more! The possibilities are pretty much "Sky is the limit", or I could say outer space is the limitation.
Anyone who have Phillips HUE, feel free PM me, and I would love share and discuss how to get most out of them.
I see these Phillips HUE as Deaf's best friend! Be aware, there are two different Phillips HUE, when it say LUX, it is single color light (Warm white), its dimmable and still can be used to accommodate Deaf needs. Without LUX, its more expensive but the color is unlimited, meaning more variety in alerting set up than with LUX.

sonocativo said:
My electric bill with 3 CFL bulbs burning 24/7 runs me $20 a month.

I am debating making the house all electric but gas is cheaper for heating and cooking.
So I think Im going to stick with gas on heating and cooking and electric for everything else.
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If you look at the CFL packages , the ones from home depot anyways...
Green pack is soft white/orangish color light,
Red Pack is Warm colored light and
the Blue packs are Daylight Bright white.

I have only gotten the daylighters as the others throw everything off as far as colors. I want to convert to the LED's but not right now at $20 a pop.... Ill wait till they are down to the regular prices of bulbs. I dont use lights much anyways as you can see the tv better and it cuts the bills...
Always a lot of Hype at first just like the CFL's then they say theyre harmful with mercury.... lets see...
 
Your correct about CFL being dangerous. LED has been around for years, since 1960's, that is until about 15 years ago, they couldn't get it to white color. Because of LED being around longer than CFL, we didn't have issues with LED, plus LED has much smaller footprint than CFL, which is good.

You could get 40w equivalent warm white LED bulb for $4.95 at Wally world, or 7 bux for 60w equivalent.

As soon as I convert from CFL to LED, already made noticeable difference on electric bills.

I never liked CFL, and they aren't Deaf friendly either.
 
Just thought of a question about LED bulbs and this old thread is what came up when I searched the forum.

I have several fixtures that are labeled with 60 watt incandescent being the highest wattage. But . . . I would like something brighter. With the low wattage that LEDs are labeled as would it be save to use say a 100 equivalent LED in place of 60 watt incandescent?
 
Jane B. said:
Just thought of a question about LED bulbs and this old thread is what came up when I searched the forum.

I have several fixtures that are labeled with 60 watt incandescent being the highest wattage. But . . . I would like something brighter. With the low wattage that LEDs are labeled as would it be save to use say a 100 equivalent LED in place of 60 watt incandescent?
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Here's one site--

http://www.npr.org/2014/01/28/267185097/in-the-dark-about-picking-a-light-bulb-this-faq-can-help

From what I am reading it seems to be safe to bump up the LED- here's the section. As long as you don't exceed the 60 watt/equivalence you should be okay as most light fixtures I think do have a limit. So you can get a 23 watt LED for a brighter bulb (~ 100 watt incandescent) and not cause a fire hazard.

I have some sockets that take nothing higher than a 60-watt bulb. If I use an LED or CFL, can I use a brighter bulb? For instance, a 13-watt CFL is equivalent to a 60-watt incandescent. Is it OK to use a 23-watt CFL instead? That would give me the equivalent of a 100-watt incandescent.

Fixtures have a safety rating and one should not put in bulbs that exceed the labeled rating (such as "do not exceed 60 watts"). As long as you don't put a bulb that uses more than 60 watts in that socket you will be fine.

The good news is the energy-saving bulbs that replace a 60-watt incandescent will only use 10 to 15 watts, depending on the actual bulb you buy, and give off the same amount of light. If you want even more light, you can bump up to a 23-watt CFL that will give off as much light as the old 100-watt bulb did, while still staying below the 60-watt power cutoff. You should not, however, install a 100-watt bulb, as that could cause a fire hazard.
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LED is good news to give less stress on deaf signal for flashing. When use high watts, it cause more stress on receiver and burn out or die.
 
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