I have an entire case worth of them. Suck me, fed.
I have an entire case worth of them. Suck me, fed.
Not mentioned: CFL bulbs contain mercury and you shouldn't throw them in your regular trash. Many municipalities have outlawed it. Home Depot and other stores like that will usually collect them for recycling. They also have this to say about CFL bulbs:
If a CFL bulb breaks inside your home, clean it up immediately using these tips:
- Get everyone, including pets, out of the room.
- Open the windows, turn off the HVAC system, and close the door if possible.
- Allow the room to air out for at least 10 minutes, then follow EPA guidelines for cleanup.
Safe and effective.
LED bulbs contain metals that also shouldn't go into landfills, but try finding a recycling center that accepts them!
Not mentioned: CFL bulbs contain mercury and you shouldn't throw them in your regular trash. Many municipalities have outlawed it.
Home Depot and other stores like that will usually collect them for recycling. They also have this to say about CFL bulbs:
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If a CFL bulb breaks inside your home, clean it up immediately using these tips:
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- Get everyone, including pets, out of the room.
- Open the windows, turn off the HVAC system, and close the door if possible.
- Allow the room to air out for at least 10 minutes, then follow EPA guidelines for cleanup.
Safe and effective.
LED bulbs contain metals that also shouldn't go into landfills, but try finding a recycling center that accepts them!
The easy bake oven uses a filament light bulb as a heating source.
Stop lights use filament light bulbs in northern climates because they don't frost up.
This is stupid. Even if the LED's are better, there is still a need for hot filament light bulbs.
The easy bake oven uses a filament light bulb as a heating source.
Stop lights use filament light bulbs in northern climates because they don't frost up.
This is stupid. Even if the LED's are better, there is still a need for hot filament light bulbs.
The easy bake oven uses a filament light bulb as a heating source.
They stopped using light bulbs as the heating source more than 10 years ago.
Stop lights use filament light bulbs in northern climates because they don't frost up.
LED stop lights have an optional heating element to defrost/de-ice the signal in cold areas, if the LED heat is not enough to do it alone.
Even if the LED's are better, there is still a need for hot filament light bulbs.
LEDs are not exactly cool when they operate in applications like this. Have you seen the size of the heatsinks some of these larger LED bulb assemblies have on them?
I don't hear people complaining that we need to go back to CRT-based televisions and monitors because having a filament (or three) in them made them better. People will pay extra in fact to get LED-based TVs and monitors over LCD ones. Like it or not, LEDs have replaced conventional lighting in most applications. The industry isn't going back to filament bulbs just like we're not going back to vacuum tubes instead of semiconductors. For better or for worse, that's just the way it's headed.
>The easy bake oven uses a filament light bulb as a heating source.
They stopped using light bulbs as the heating source more than 10 years ago.
>Stop lights use filament light bulbs in northern climates because they don't frost up.
LED stop lights have an optional heating element to defrost/de-ice the signal in cold areas, if the LED heat is not enough to do it alone.
>Even if the LED's are better, there is still a need for hot filament light bulbs.
LEDs are not exactly cool when they operate in applications like this. Have you seen the size of the heatsinks some of these larger LED bulb assemblies have on them?
I don't hear people complaining that we need to go back to CRT-based televisions and monitors because having a filament (or three) in them made them better. People will pay extra in fact to get LED-based TVs and monitors over LCD ones. Like it or not, LEDs have replaced conventional lighting in most applications. The industry isn't going back to filament bulbs just like we're not going back to vacuum tubes instead of semiconductors. For better or for worse, that's just the way it's headed.
I’m pretty happy with LED now. I wasn’t like 15 or so years ago when I bought a house and decided to outfit everything in LED bulbs. I was in it for the long term cost savings. Back then, LED’s bulbs were expensive as hell. For me to get my money back, they were supposed to last for at least half of the lifespan they were quoted. CFL were still popular but LED was the new move.
Within a couple years I’d have the bulbs in the ceiling fans strobing and some lights just failing, etc. Home Depot wouldn’t exchange them. And the claims on the packaging didn’t mean 20-year warranty so the manufacturer wasn’t helping. There was no savings because the investment was so high and so many crapped out.
Nowadays the technology seems better. Even cheap shit smart bulbs I have seem to be lasting forever.
I’m pretty happy with LED now. I wasn’t like 15 or so years ago when I bought a house and decided to outfit everything in LED bulbs. I was in it for the long term cost savings. Back then, LED’s bulbs were expensive as hell. For me to get my money back, they were supposed to last for at least half of the lifespan they were quoted. CFL were still popular but LED was the new move.
Within a couple years I’d have the bulbs in the ceiling fans strobing and some lights just failing, etc. Home Depot wouldn’t exchange them. And the claims on the packaging didn’t mean 20-year warranty so the manufacturer wasn’t helping. There was no savings because the investment was so high and so many crapped out.
Nowadays the technology seems better. Even cheap shit smart bulbs I have seem to be lasting forever.
Meh, i use to get cheap 95c bulbs and replace them every 2nd year or whatever - why would i buy an led equivalent for $5-15 each bulb for an entire house. Nor do i save any great amount of money using them because i usually use a small lamp at night other than the kitchen. this is pure bs soft communism when big govt dictates what items you can purchase and outlaws an entire range. It precedes big govt now able to use the same excuse to ban anything they want- and replace it with a much more expensive product. 'cliMate chaNGE'
Meh, i use to get cheap 95c bulbs and replace them every 2nd year or whatever - why would i buy an led equivalent for $5-15 each bulb for an entire house.
Nor do i save any great amount of money using them because i usually use a small lamp at night other than the kitchen.
this is pure bs soft communism when big govt dictates what items you can purchase and outlaws an entire range.
It precedes big govt now able to use the same excuse to ban anything they want- and replace it with a much more expensive product. 'cliMate chaNGE'
Maybe so. At the time operated a business out of my home which meant I had lights on day and night. I also don't like the heat that incandescent bulbs put out. And they do draw significantly more power than LEDs. But to each their own, people should have a choice. That's definitely what I don't like about this or anything like this.
Maybe so. At the time operated a business out of my home which meant I had lights on day and night. I also don't like the heat that incandescent bulbs put out. And they do draw significantly more power than LEDs. But to each their own, people should have a choice. That's definitely what I don't like about this or anything like this.
Oh ok sure, makes sense then, totally get it. Agreed, Ultimately, should be up to the consumer and individual, much like the clot shot or EV vehicles/ hehe.
Oh ok sure, makes sense then, totally get it. Agreed, Ultimately, should be up to the consumer and individual, much like the clot shot or EV vehicles/ hehe.
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