Replacing sodium dawn to dusk with led

[Diggin It]

36 years of 250 watts all night?


Not me.

 

[radios1]

I like the 6000K color temp, sort of like normal daylight. A lot of folks like the yellower bands. Especially women that like the yellow warmth of 3500K, plus it is more romantic, makes their skin look nicer, etc. We have been using filament like bulbs forever, rubbing sticks together to make fire, and generals living/being accustomed with the old yeller glow at night for many many moons. But me, mark me down for 6000K... bright white, not blue ... light that my old eyes like when I am actually trying to see something.

when was the last time you had a piece of white paper outside in the sun, and it looked blue?. 6000K has a blue tint, similar to SKYLIGHT, not SUNLIGHT.. a "bright white or natural white" at 3500K has equal amounts of red, green, and blue, and if you hold a white paper to them, it looks perfectly white!.. if the sun ever had a blue tint to it, be scared, be very scared!..

 

[dragoneggs]

My big 'ol yard light went up October - 1982 and still does its thing every night. Thirty six years and still going strong on the same fixture - same bulb. If it EVER burns out - - ya know, I'll be replacing it with the exact same thing. It's a high pressure sodium(HPS).

No issue here... to each his own. True enough, HPS is an efficient form of lighting. You might want to buy it soon and put it in reserve.

I Wonder when the guberment is going to start banning these for environmental reasons (ala incandescents) and you will have to pay to get rid of it?

 

[Industrial Toys]

Are you still paying Ma Bell for a Black Rotary (500) set? Or maybe a little more for a color version? lol

 

[ovrszd]

I think in discussions like these price should be mandatory.

If it's okay to tout kw savings then shouldn't cost be required??? Cause ain't money what we are talking about? So if I say I replaced my kitchen bulb with LED which uses a lot less electricity shouldn't I have to tell you what I paid for that bulb????

The LED folks never, ever want to divulge that information. Why is that?

 

[Industrial Toys]

Actually, I was at a friends, and he had a wack of 100watt (I think) bulbs. Apparently, using some (Gov) coupon, he got them for free, or even made money, from home depot.

That stuff is changing so quickly, that I think, no one wants to get caught with old inventory.

Of course, the cost discussion is meaningless unless you know the actual life of the bulb.

 

[oosik]

No - Industrial Toys - years ago I decided to save the dollars and I did away with a home phone totally. Total bliss - no aggravating phone calls. If I need to communicate I go out in the yard and beat two large rocks together - you should try it some time - ha, ha, ha.

 

[jcummins]

Had a discussion today about this light today with a relative. He said it's probably the sensor, not the light itself, having had to replace the sensor on one they had.

Having said that...these things are difficult to service. I'm going to have and use a man lift of sorts in conjunction with my FEL to get to it....it's up there. When I get up there I want to fix it...not test the sensor...and it's one reason I've just replacing it. Plus the color hue...it's appealing for me to get rid of the yellow cast. AFTER I get it down and do some testing, I may very well install in a different area of the yard, if I determine it still functional enough. Based upon when this house was build...I'd bet this light has been up there for 20 years. So they do a pretty good job in reality.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Pick the right ones and you will even get light, for those night time long distance calls!

 

[Industrial Toys]

I do have a high pressure sodium yard light, but it is on a switch and I only use it very seldom. When the wooden post gets replaced with a metal one in the next few years, I will update the light technology, but not for cost of operation, but for the convenience of instant on when you need it.

It always amazes me when people throw out perfectly good stuff, spending their hard earned money on stuff that is seldom used.