Re: [RE-wrenches] 110Vac LED resistance to weak grids in developing world

2012-02-10 Thread penobscotsolar
My home is 100% LED lighting, Kitchler undercounter, non dimmable Philips Earthlights in closets, dimmable (might help with grid events...) Philips Earthlights for the rest of the inside lighting and I am very happy with all of it. Anything from warm white to daylight is available. They are more ex

Re: [RE-wrenches] 110Vac LED resistance to weak grids in developing world

2012-02-10 Thread Jesse Dahl
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 wrote: >

Re: [RE-wrenches] 110Vac LED resistance to weak grids in developing world

2012-02-09 Thread Ray Walters
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 t

Re: [RE-wrenches] 110Vac LED resistance to weak grids in developing world

2012-02-09 Thread toddcory
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.

[RE-wrenches] 110Vac LED resistance to weak grids in developing world

2012-02-09 Thread Jim MacDonald
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