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led vs flourecents
awemawson:
I am now replacing outside floodlight / pir lights with leds as the halogen ones fail. The replacements give a good light and so far none have failed.
I'd love to replace the fluorescent lights in the workshop as they draw a silly amount of current. I have 67 6 foot 72 watt tubes - or 4.8 kW of lighting - needless to say they are not all on at the same time, but it does make the replacement decision harder as the led tubes are still about £50 each compared to £3 for a replacement tube
DMIOM:
--- Quote from: awemawson on February 27, 2015, 04:40:33 AM ---I am now replacing outside floodlight / pir lights with leds as the halogen ones fail. The replacements give a good light and so far none have failed. ....
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Hi Andrew - have you had any of them up for any length of time yet? and any make/model recommendations?
cheers / Dave
awemawson:
Dave,
They are all off ebay - obviously Chinese - various sellers. Some have been up perhaps a year now. I started getting 'daylight' white but now am getting 'warm white' latest batch (of four) came from here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201271305382?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&var=500469586452&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Those particular ones have only been up a couple of weeks but the ones below have been up 6 weeks
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111320931038?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&var=410309598973&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I have another pair of 50 watt one that have been up 12 months in one case and 6 in the other but they have dropped off my 'purchase history' so I can't give you specifics.
Sid_Vicious:
--- Quote from: awemawson on February 27, 2015, 05:40:53 AM ---Dave,
I have another pair of 50 watt one that have been up 12 months in one case and 6 in the other but they have dropped off my 'purchase history' so I can't give you specifics.
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If you look at purchase history you get years click on the year and you will get the history for that year and then click on seller's name. At least that works for me.
awemawson:
Now there is a handy tip i'd not noticed before :bow:
(However although you can see the item, the details aren't kept it would appear)
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