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Originally Posted by Deschodt View Post
- One thing that made very little difference? the new fangled compact fluorescent bulbs... They are ****. They burn out 10x faster than regular lights despite warranty claims, I saved maybe $30 total per bill, yet they cost $300+ for the house, need to be replaced all the time and recycled, and I hate the slow "power up" cycle they have... Not ready for prime time, bring on LEDs !
No doubt!!! I put in some LED undercounter lights in about a year ago, but they just died. I didn't have a kill-a-watt at the time so I don't know how much power they comsumed, but they had 20 LED's. I replaced them with little 14" T5 flouresant bulbs which consume 14 watts each. I didn't like their light so I bought some GE LEDs which have 4 LEDs each, are just as bright as the flouresant (unfortunately), light up immediately, and only consume 5 watts!

I think LED is going to be the way to go.
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