05-13-2008, 12:50 AM
[quote GGD][quote blusubaru]If you're referring to my post, I was talking about LED not CFL. CFL bulbs get warm, but not hot. You can still take a CFL bulb out of a fixture with your bare hands if it's been on.
Don't LED's use even less power than CFLs and therefor even less heat? I'm having trouble understanding the source heat problems related to very low wattage devices.
Yes, they lose less power. But the electronic components just aren't there yet. The capacitors in most of mine failed. Search the forum for my LED lighting experiments. You'll find several posts on several different types of LED light bulbs as well as CFL's.
For all the CFL doubters, I HIGHLY suggest you spend $2.00 and get yourself one of the n:vision warm white CFL bulbs from Home Depot. I bought enough for the whole house I loved them so much.
Don't LED's use even less power than CFLs and therefor even less heat? I'm having trouble understanding the source heat problems related to very low wattage devices.
Yes, they lose less power. But the electronic components just aren't there yet. The capacitors in most of mine failed. Search the forum for my LED lighting experiments. You'll find several posts on several different types of LED light bulbs as well as CFL's.
For all the CFL doubters, I HIGHLY suggest you spend $2.00 and get yourself one of the n:vision warm white CFL bulbs from Home Depot. I bought enough for the whole house I loved them so much.