DIYbanter - View Single Post - Inexpensive replacement for these garage flourescent lights?

Moe DeLoughan

On 11/2/2016 8:01 AM, wrote:
On Monday, October 31, 2016 at 10:11:46 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
Anyone notice how we've been totally ripped off with all this lightbulb
nonsense? Save the earth, my ass!

I used to buy a 4-pack of incandescent bulbs, generic brand for $1.00.
Now I buy a 4-pack of halogen bulbs for approx. $6.00

Guess what? The halogen ones don't last any longer than the old ones.
My electric bill is still the same so no savings there.

Thanks to all the whiny environmentalists.

This little piddly lightbulb nonsense when people are still driving
their cars everywhere, constantly...just can't stay at home for even one
day.

I quit! I just quit. ;-[]

you are completely right about this

its due to politicians trying to solve an engineering problem

No, it's due to industry demand for improved efficiency and longer
life. The lighting industry is constantly developing new lighting to
meet that demand, and it eventually makes it onto the
retail/residential market.

When you're running an airport, or shopping mall, or manufacturing
plant, or doing the lighting for miles of roadway, reducing cost and
increasing service life are paramount concerns. To meet that demand,
the lighting industry came out with improved-efficiency fluorescents,
halogen lights, compact fluorescent bulbs, and now LEDs.

Thing is, as with everything, the quality of the product is only as
good as its manufacturer. If you're buying generic Chinese
manufactured lights, they will not perform as claimed. There's no
'company' per se. It's just a bunch of rebranders marketing the same
cheap light under their own labels, but the lights all come from the
same knockoff factories.

My brother was in the commercial/industrial lighting division of GE
his entire career, so for decades I've been stuck with listening to
him on this subject. On the other hand, he also supplied me with
retail versions of the different kinds of new lighting in their
earliest stages, which was interesting. But in the end, it's the same
ol' same ol' - cost concerns drives innovation.