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Date: <span tabindex="0" class="aBn"><span class="aQJ">Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:02:21 -0400</span></span><br>
From: James Sumners <<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [ale] OT Just bought my 1st & 2nd "lighting-class" LED<br>
bulbs<br>
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Do yourself a favor and learn to distinguish bulbs by their lumen output,<br>
not their incandescent wattage equivalence. That's a practice that should<br>
never have been implemented. It's not really a direct equivalence, and it<br>
just ends up making folks say the wrong thing (e.g. saying 40w when they<br>
really have a 7w).<br>
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Also, make sure the Crees are rated for enclosed installation before<br>
putting them in your outdoor fixtures. Most brands are not. I use the ULTRA<br>
bulbs by Sylvania and the off-brand EcoSmart bulbs. Neither, of those that<br>
I have bought, have been rated thus.<br>
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My favorite LED bulbs so far are the Phillips (damn expensive, but coming<br>
down; still worth it, though) and the ULTRAs. Just about every bulb in my<br>
house is a LED. My power bill, with a SEER 10 A/C unit running, for May was<br>
$99 after taxes and fees. They make a huge difference.<br>
<br>James, can you share a link for these so I can look into them? I'd like to get something to use at my house that gives me the equivalent of a 75 to 100 watt standard incandescent light bulb for my house. <br></blockquote>
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