[Elecraft] LED bulbs

[Ross Primrose]

It would have to be.  The savings are based on power consumption, and 
that heat is part of the power consumed....

73, Ross N4RP

On 5/12/2015 8:53 AM, Mike Reublin NF4L wrote:
> Well, yeah. But that heat does cost something. I'm not in the least worried, I'm just curious if it's factored into the advertised savings.
> 73, Mike NF4L
>
>
>> On May 12, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Jim Sheldon <w0eb at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> The CFL bulbs get hotter, and the incandescents they both replace get an awful lot hotter so I wouldn't worry much about the heat.  The LED bulbs I have -- 90 in all --- generate far less heat then the CFL's I replaced them with.  I can at least grab the base of the LED's after they have been on for a while and not get burned.  I can't say that for about 80 percent of the CFL's and in order to change an incandescent that's been on I either had to use gloves or wait 5 minutes or so until it and the fixture cooled off.
>>
>> LED's are a current driven device so there WILL be some heat generated.  I've had many of the CFL's actually start smoking though so I don't trust those as far as I can drop them (I CAN throw them pretty far) LOL.
>>
>> Jim - W0EB
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: "Mike Reublin NF4L" <nf4l at comcast.net>
>> To: "Elecraft List" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: 5/12/2015 7:33:36 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] LED bulbs
>>
>>> I put 3 LED can lights in the shack, and there are 11 LED bulbs in the kitchen next door. No noise that I can attribute to them. I like the whiter, brighter light.
>>>
>>> I do have a question about the claimed $ savings. The base of these things get fairly hot. How much is that heat costing?
>>>
>>> 73, Mike NF4L
>>>
>>>
>>>> On May 12, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Charles Yahrling <cfytech24x7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Why not go to home depot and get a few to try? A ham friend did just that
>>>> to replace CFLs and had good results.  More light
>>>> from same watt rating with the LED bulbs. No RFI.  Pretty cheap investment,
>>>> easy to experiment with, just screw out the old and in with the new. No
>>>> xformer required.  No electrician required.
>>>>
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