On Jan 20, 7:37*pm, BobR wrote:
On Jan 20, 11:42*am, Smitty Two wrote:

In article
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*Molly Brown wrote:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...57603389059556....

I'm siding with other soothsayers predicting an LED revolution. The
latest issue of Digi-Key's "Tech Zone" trade journal is devoted to LED
lights. Colors are getting much better, the elusive triac dimming puzzle
has been solved, etc.

If they can bring the cost down then I am on board in a heartbeat.
The CFL's have proven to be a lot of hype but very little on
delivery. *They are touted to last much longer but my experince thus
far has proven that claim to be a total lie. *If anything, the life
span for the CFL's have thus far been about 10%-15% shorter than
incadecents but cost 4 times as much. *If they are saving anything on
usage it is more than offset by the cost of purchase and replacement.
As for the LED's, I am not about to pay 10 times more for them only to
see the same results.

Sign me SOLD because I have replaced nearly every light in the house
with CFL's and SCREWED because I feel like I was the one screwed in
instead of the lightbulb.

I write the date on mine when I put them in to keep track of these
claims. So far they seem to last longer, dunno how much longer. The
ends of the tubes go black on some makes (No filiment/ cathode shades
I think)