On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:28:45 +0100, Cynic wrote:

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:31:47 +0000 (UTC),
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

By Sep 2012 new technology LED lamps should be in full production

that's just 3 years but I'd like your optimism to be true!

It's a promise the LED lighting industry has broken for every
one of the last 20 years!

We now have some very viable units in mass production at reasonable
prices. I understand your scepticism, but I do not see 3 years as
being overly optimistic. Right now it would be quite possible to
illuminate your entire house (including garden floodlights) with
commercially available LED lighting.

Personally I would fit about 20 or so small flush-fitting 5W LED units
into the ceiling of a medium size room.

Or as many have already found, a single 100W incandescent lamp!

SteveW