09-08-2014, 01:49 AM
Racer X wrote:
[quote=Bill in NC]
Heat - CFL or LED helps when heat's a problem.
Upstairs bathroom was miserable until I replaced the 6 bulbs above the vanity with LEDs.
Exactly. Each light bulb is a tiny room heater.
One reason businesses went to flourescent in the first place was for each watt of light output, you need a watt of cooling power to cancel out the heat. Think of how many KwH a tall office building goes through to light up and cool down a building at the same time?
I went from 3 100w incandescents in my office to 3 23w daylight CFLs to help with the heat. Also leaves 200 watts free for that circuit for my computer gear.
The only time I notice the heat from our incandescents is in the few weeks of hot weather we get here in Eastern Massachusetts, and even then it doesn't bother me. The rest of the time I postively welcome it. Got to be helping reduce the heat bill a little.
/Mr Lynn