[Elecraft] LED bulbs

[Marc Veeneman]

On May 12, 2015, at 3:39 PM, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> wrote:
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> For starters, you're kind of contradicting yourself there.  
> But it's pretty easy to calculate the energy savings as well.  Work up your own numbers and I can pretty much guarantee that they will prove your last statement dead wrong.  If you get a payback greater than two years you either did the math wrong or paid too much for your bulbs.
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I paid too much.  As an early adopter to LED I had all the bulbs changed before prices dropped below $12 each.  Most of the scores of bulbs in both homes cost between $18 and $35 each.  A few, the ones with cooling fans built into the bases, cost even more.

But I don't regret it.  The irritation of "that bulb is out" and the trouble of 12 to 20 foot high ceilings pushed me to do it.  

Heck, think of all the extra time for hamming since I never have to change those doggone bulbs, nor do I have to stock up anymore!
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Marc W8SDG