[TheForge] OT: Government waste

[Walter]

Going through old emails and I found this when members were complaining 
about the lightbulb changes. (I removed the authors) Florescent twist 
bulbs were a pain but the result of that "government over reach" is the 
current LED technology.  If you haven't put them in your shops then you 
are working in the dark.

In our state, the energy savings of these bulbs is being rewarded with 
kickbacks from the utility companies.   My son sells these and in some 
cases, the payback for these 20 year + bulbs is less than 10 months.  He 
is selling to a lot of manufacturing.   They have high bay lamps that 
replace the metal halite and other inefficient lighting.

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>> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:36:54 -0500
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>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT: Government waste
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>> On 3/21/2012 6:16 PM, ----------- wrote:
>>> On 3/21/2012 6:04 PM, ---------- 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.
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>> 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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