I don't know about spikes or grid events, but my home is 3/4 LED and have zero complaints. The warranty on them is a little weak compared to life cycle...... All of mine vary in K rating and lumens and work beautifully.
Sent from my iPhone On Feb 9, 2012, at 7:45 PM, Ray Walters <r...@solarray.com> wrote: > Personally I love my latest LED lights. They have gotten substantially > better just in the past year. We have some 8 watt units in our kitchen that > illuminate just like a 35 watt halogen, beautiful color rendition, not that > blue they used to have. > I especially like my new 1000 lumen spotlight that lights up brighter than a > car head light in a package slightly larger than the old mini mag flash > lights. > However, I have no experience with ham radio, or theRF interference issue. > We're WiFi, and cell at our house. I do some audio recording, etc. and > haven't noticed any extra buzz from the several LEDs I have in my basement > studio. > > Ray > > On 2/9/2012 4:54 PM, toddc...@finestplanet.com wrote: >> >> i have some personal experience with led light bulbs. i put them outside >> because the cfl floodlights are very s-l-o-w to warm up to full brightness. >> >> 1) leds are still slightly less efficient (lumens per watt) than cfl's >> 2) led light bulbs (2 different brands) throw out an ungodly amount of >> rfi... want to listen to a conversation on the 2 meter ham radio or listen >> to a weak fm broadcast station or watch channel 6 on the tee-vee? go shut >> off the led lights off first. >> >> my conclusion? led light bulbs are not ready for prime time. >> >> todd (still using my 25+ year old phillips dulux cfls) >> >> >> >> On Thursday, February 9, 2012 1:44pm, "Jim MacDonald" >> <j...@solaresystems.com> said: >> >> Hello wrenches >> >> I am in Central America and looking to suggest customers buy efficient LEDs >> for illumination in their 120V-wired homes, connected to local power grids >> with less-than-desirable power quality. >> >> I see that so many manus claim long life for the LEDs, in the tens of >> thousands of hours, yet so few if any back it up with a decent warranty. >> Folks are hesitant to make this investment, believing that voltage surges or >> dips could destroy the LEDs. >> >> Has anyone heard of LED lights' lives ending prematurely due to grid events? >> Would inline surge protectors [something small to be installed immediately >> downstream of the breaker in the home's main panel) be helpful, and if so, >> does anyone have any recommended brands? >> thanks >> Jim MacDonald >> >> >> >> Sent from Finest Planet WebMail. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Home Power magazine >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Options & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org >> > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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