[TheForge] OT: Government waste

[wmullett at bright.net]

Most of the things you hear about upgraded lighting cost vs payback are over the fence rumors. People that don't have the facts or the knowledge.

Here is a facilities article that shows why owners are retrofitting-Retrofits-Myths-and-Misconceptions--
http://tinyurl.com/6rr9nwe

And here is a case study
http://tinyurl.com/7o3ocjh 

Like a lot of things we hear that are incorrect "drill-baby-drill" - get the real facts first rather than spreading rumors that meet your own limited miss-conceptions. 



---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:36:54 -0500
>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net (on behalf of Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net>)
>Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT: Government waste  
>To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
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>On 3/21/2012 6:16 PM, xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:
>> On 3/21/2012 6:04 PM, Andrew Vida wrote:
>>> LEDs are WAY different from florescent bulbs of which I am not that
>>> fond.  We have a few in the house.  They are costly and have not lasted
>>> anywhere near as long as claimed.  I've had them go in as little as two
>>> or so months.  Driving 25 miles to return them is not worth the cost of
>>> the fuel.  They can shove those where the sun shineth not.
>> The flourescent lights usually fail because of the electronics.  They
>> overheat when mounted in a can, or even when mounted upside down.   When
>> mounted in a standard lamp they do well.   A good example of not enough
>> test cases and minimum standards.
>\
>Good to know, but it helps us not a whit.  I am NOT refitting an entire 
>house for the sake of some idiotic law.
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