Hi Keith, and all, That's interesting info. It's really exciting what developments are taking place in this industry.
Nice, buying your own Christmas gift. 8-) For me to consider any bulb for an incandescent replacement, it has to be dimmable. I use cfl's now, but I don't like that they're not dimmable. I've become really fascinated with this bulb http://www.homedepot.com/p/Cree-60W-Equivalent-Soft-White-2700K-A19-Dimmable-LED-Light-Bulb-BA19-08027OMF-12DE26-2U100/204592770 It's the Cree 60 W equivalent LED bulb at Home Depot. I think it's one of the best options in the market. Key facts are: * Current pricing: $ 13 * 60 W equivalent light * dimmable * less shadow casting structure, more omnidirectional light, by appearance, less visible structure than the walmart bulbs. * 9.5 W actual energy usage * 800 lumens * 2700 k color temperature for this model, like an incandescent, you cannot tell the difference by looking. * 10 year warranty at 6 hr / day * can use in enclosures * can use in damp locations * no toxic materials * rubberized safety coated glass shell - I really like this. * 25,000 hr life (22.8 years at 3 hr / day) I own a couple of these and have them in my front porch lights, which are hard to access. They look just like the old incandescents. I've also given one or two as a gift. I don't have the funds to replace all my cfl's with these. I switched from incandescents to cfl's years ago. But I'm going with led when the old ones burn out. I'm waiting for 100W equivalents. I'd highly recommend checking out the Cree. One cool thing you can do with these or cfl's is to get much more light output out of a low wattage table lamp or fixture. Let's say you have something rated for only 40 W. With a led or cfl, you can get the equivalent of 100 W or even 150 W of light within that 40 W limit, assuming the bulb will fit. Sincerely, Ron "Watson, Keith" <[email protected]> wrote: >I recently found a 60W LED non-dimmable A19 light bulb at Walmart for >$8.88. They also have a dimmable one for $9.88. They are not available >online, you have to buy them in the store. You can check the web site >to find out which stores currently have them in stock. > >For some reason Walmart has gone out of their way to make it difficult >to find them on their web site. No search I tried on Walmart.com works >so I had to resort to some considerable Google foo to find the URL. I >tried every search term I could think of, including the part number, >with no luck. Finally in exasperation I tried "great value 60W led >light bulb" on Google (with no quotes). > >Here are the links them on Walmart's site: > >Great Value LED Light Bulb, Soft White 60W dimmable >Model No.: GVRLAS11W27K >Walmart No.: 551270803 >http://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-GVRLAS11W27K-Great-Value-LED-Light-Bulb-Soft-White/25524367 > >http://preview.tinyurl.com/k4l2ge7 > > >Great Value LED Light Bulb, Soft White 60W non-dimmable >Model No.: GVRLAS11W27KND >Walmart No.: 551270812 >http://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-GVRLAS11W27KND-Great-Value-LED-Light-Bulb-Soft-White/25524369 > >http://preview.tinyurl.com/lkbmt94 > >I bought one of the non-dimmable ones as a Christmas present for my >wife or daughter to give me so I can experiment with it. > >The lights are rated for indoor and outdoor use in enclosures, this is >very unusual for LED replacement lights. If you keep your receipt >Walmart will replace the bulb for up to three years if it goes bad. > > >Wal-Mart Great Value LED A19 60-Watt Equivalent Bulb review >https://plus.google.com/+ZachBecker/posts/Xes1wzhAChA > >Wal-Mart turns up the heat in $10 LED bulb pricing war >http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/10/04/wal-mart-turns-up-the-heat-in-10-led-bulb-pricing-war/ > >http://preview.tinyurl.com/k6yhfdc > > >I also bought a Switch 100 LED bulb for use in one of my enclosed >kitchen light fixtures: >http://www.switchlightingco.com/lib/pdf/SWITCH100.pdf > >I bought it at Batteries Plus. You can find them online for less but >Batteries Plus gives you a life time warranty if you keep your receipt. > > >keith > > >-- > >Keith R. Watson Georgia Institute of Technology >IT Support Professional Lead College of Computing >[email protected] 801 Atlantic Drive NW >(404) 385-7401 Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 > > >_______________________________________________ >tech-chat mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.linuxmoose.com/mailman/listinfo/tech-chat -- Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9 Mail. Please excuse my potential brevity if I'm typing on the touch screen. (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy mailing lists and such. I don't always see new email messages very quickly.) Ron Frazier 770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message. linuxdude AT techstarship.com _______________________________________________ tech-chat mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxmoose.com/mailman/listinfo/tech-chat
