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LED Fluoro workshop tubes anyone tried them yet?

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PekkaNF:

--- Quote from: dickda1 on June 22, 2011, 01:24:20 PM ---I replaced the incandescent lamps on my grinder and mill with LEDs.  I like the fact that the lamp housing does not get hot and that it is so small I can move the light into smaller areas.  I get them from our local Ikea store for about $12, already threaded for mounting to a metal plate.

Thanks for the link to the site about fluorescent vs LED lights.  I didn't understand the cost ratio.

-Dick

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Which one you got? I bought one fairly substantial (clamp and all) and something 20 or 30 Euros of worth. Or not exactly: Ikea has a very bad reputation here. I put the lamp on at the breakfast, just to see if works before I'll take it to the shop. I was fine for almost three minutes and then headed south. I didn't risk annother but asked my money back and bought halogen. Less bad electronics. But I would have liked that small and relatively cool LED light.

Pekka

dickda1:
Pekka,

I use the JANSJÖ clamp light.  The clamp can be easily removed and the lamp bolted into a hole on my equipment.  The light is not intense like a halogen lamp, but I can move it in real close.  It appears to be frequently on sale over here.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80169636

Ikea also has a reputation for marginal stuff of here as well, but I have have a bunch of these lights and haven't had a problem.

-Dick

PekkaNF:
Hi Dick,

The lemon lamp I got was exacltly like that one. I think it was the poxy wall wart that failed. Transparent affair.

I liked the size and spesification, but execution.

Maybe I have better luck with another one. Surely customers keep returning broken ones untill they get them right.

Pekka

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