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Why is LED lighting still so expensive?
SavannahLion:
I never said that made sense. But the documents are (were?) there and failure of the AT switch appeared to be concern. As near as I can figure, the switch might fail when unskilled people attempted to work on the pc, upgrading the audio card for instance, and would damage the switch.
Has that ever happened? I dunno. But the fear of litigation was certainly enough to, at least in part, prompt the change.
Technically, I was always thought the change to ATX was to allow a broader range of power on options.
ChadTower:
I have several places I put CFLs. Mostly hallway lights, above stairs, places like that. I had to modify my old housings to accommodate the CFL base. My experience is just like those above - CFLs do NOT last longer than the traditional bulbs. I still have to swap them out a couple times a year.
Howard_Casto:
Well they can but it depends upon a lot of factors.
We've been using them since they first came out. What I've found is that the life of the bulb varys greatly depending upon your house wiring and the brand of bulbs you buy.
Old houses hate those things. I'm not sure why. I'm assuming the electronics in the ballast are sensitive to unregulated power or something. They HATE moisture as well due to those damn vents in the base. Don't expect them to last long in a bathroom or kitchen.
The brand you get makes a difference as well. GE bulbs tend to do fairly well, phillips noticably worse, anything else is just awful.
On new wiring, in a dry space I can get a cfl bulb to last 2-3 years. In less optimal condiditons they last about as long as a regular bulb, maybe slightly less.
So on average yeah, they don't last much longer than regular bulbs and when they first came out they were expensive so they weren't worth using. Now they cost just a little more than a regular bulb (if you buy in bulk) and they use roughly 1/4 the energy so they ARE worth using imho. LED bulbs, on the other hand are still too costly to be practical.
ChadTower:
I'm not looking to consider 15 different variables here. It's a light bulb. I want to screw it in and have it work for as long as the package says it will work. If it does not, and I mounted it in a reasonable place, I consider it a disappointment.
Things like "some are made better than others" and "if you mount it inside the toilet tank it will affect lifespan" are obvious.
Howard_Casto:
Don't take this the wrong way, but I find anybody believing the claims of ANY product coming from the manufacturer to be a little nieve.
Super glue can't hold elephants across the grand canyon, those strange adds you sometimes get in your email aren't going to make you "perform better", and when a manufacturer gives you a typical lifespan of a product on their box, at least cut it in half.
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