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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 07:01 PM
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LED light bulb price survey
How much would you pay for a lightbulb that was as bright as incandescent, that lasted 5000 hours used 1/10 of the current amount of electricity you currently use for lighting your home and to reduce the amount of airconditioning you must use to cool the house from the heat of the incandescent. As an added bonus, you can toss this bulb into the landfill without danger and would only do so every 4 or 5 years. One study suggests that each bulb will save $67.00 in electricy costs over its life.

Thanks for any answers :hi:
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 07:05 PM
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1. Well, $10.00 for a pack of 4 wouldn't be too bad.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 07:07 PM
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2. That is reasonable.
On the other hand, present prices are steep. Too steep.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 07:19 PM
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3. but what would you pay?
:shrug:
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glowing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 07:30 PM
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4. I think $2.50 a bulb isn't too bad for 208 days worth of light.
And that would be for a lightbulb on 24hrs a day. So on avg. if the bulb was on even 12 hrs a day that would increase your day usage to 400 days... that's over a years worth of glow. I think that's worth the money... and most lightbulb pkg is in 4's anyway so make it $10.00 for a box.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 07:31 PM
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5. I HAVE Paid $25-$40 Each for LED Bulbs
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Zoigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 07:41 PM
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6. Where can one buy LED bulbs?

Know they are used in cars, etc but didn't realize

they were available for home use. Thanks.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 12:18 AM
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9. They aren't here yet, buy what would you pay
if you saw them in a store?
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 08:28 AM
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12. LED grow lights
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OKIsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 10:11 PM
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15. They're here...
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-01-07 08:22 PM
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7. What color is the light from these LED bulbs?
What color white? Daylight? Cool white? Yellowish as in an incandescent? The bluish white doesn't cut it.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 12:18 AM
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8. these are warm white
on the same color degree as incandescent.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 03:15 AM
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10. well, I don't blink paying $5-$7 for a CFL
so if they were in that price range I'd try em. I'd pay more if they worked with dimmers

I have 2 places I'd love to have an alternative to incandescents
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razzleberry Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 05:21 AM
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11. not much more than a CFL
CFLs save 75%

suppose a LED saves 90%,
nice, but not that big of a deal
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Buzz Clik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-02-07 09:42 AM
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13. Hm. I'd pay $10 for a 100W equivalent.
It would be worth it just to make my wife yell at me -- she hates it when I change bulbs.
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-03-07 11:32 AM
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14. $5-8 for a 60watt equivalent
I thought the problem with LED bulbs was that they were directional.
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