Family purchased a lakehouse about this time last year ; we converted all the lightning to LED bulbs. We own another lakehouse similar in size (in fact they are reverse floor plans). The light bill for the new one is about $150 less than the other one.
Which would lead you to ask....why haven't we replaced the bulbs in the other one... ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Prince To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Office Lighting Change to LED I can't tell you specifics, but we have a friend that converted a hardware store from fluorescent to LED. it was part of a remodel, so I think he did a wholesale replacement without having to retrofit any fixtures. He has claimed that it is an enormous amount of power savings (he owns a total of 5 hardware stores), as he is comparing power consumption at this one new store relative to his other stores. One bonus that he didn't originally factor into the comparison is the change in the heat load. Because the LEDs are contributing fewer BTUs to the ambient environment, he is also saving on air conditioning. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 10/11/2016 10:30 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: > Anyone ever replaced their standard fluorescence ceiling lights with LEDs? > > I haven't researched it much yet, but someone told me you can't just use a drop in long bulb replacement. > You have to change out the center piece, forgot what that's called. > > Is that correct? > > Is this something I can do myself? Or do I need to hire a company? > > My system has about 24 bays with three bulbs each drawing about 1500W when they are all working. > > Do I save much by going LED on these? What's ROI?
