[Elecraft] OT: Small solar array to handle just the shack, computers, and lighting

[Wayne Burdick]

>> Am 25.09.2015 um 19:01 schrieb Jim McDonald:

>>> 60W equivalent LEDs are $3 for a pack of three at Costco in the Chicago area due to an instant rebate from ComEd, the area power company.  I really like them, so I need to find a home for my inventory of CFLs.


The proper place for CFLs, working or not, is a well-sealed toxic storage facility. Have you ever broken one? Clean-up of mercury dust is dicey at best. Having suffered through that, I don't want the stuff anywhere near my kids or pets again.

Hopefully, cheap LED bulbs will lay to rest fluorescents of all types. You can even get LED replacements for tubular fluorescent bulbs now. The LED equivalents brighter and have a warmer color. Once Home Depot replaces all of their ceiling bulbs with these, their display of new LED bulbs will look even better.

Wayne
N6KR