yay we're saving the planet yay!
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I recently converted 700 60 watt incandescent lights to 8 watt dimmable LED lights, cut my power usage down by 80%. My bill went from $2500 per month to $500 per month.
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on another note, how do you figure the equivalent wattage for an incandescent light bulb to an LED light bulb?
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on another note, how do you figure the equivalent wattage for an incandescent light bulb to an LED light bulb?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun -
on another note, how do you figure the equivalent wattage for an incandescent light bulb to an LED light bulb?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun -
I recently converted 700 60 watt incandescent lights to 8 watt dimmable LED lights, cut my power usage down by 80%. My bill went from $2500 per month to $500 per month.
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Yep - in our kitchen at home, I swapped half of the eight off 50W halogen spots to 0.9W LED spot replacements. The light is noticeably bluer, but doesn't seem any dimmer. They weren't cheap to buy at ~$7 each but I've had them in for about 5 years, and they haven't needed changing, which probably a massive money saving on it's own given that the halogens only last about a year. Plus they are cool to touch, which the others definitely aren't! I can't compare savings directly, because the price of our 'leccy keeps on rising...
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I work in a fair sized office building. Tons for florecent lights everywhere and computers pretty much left on 24x7. Recently in an effort to go green and save the planet... we turned off the light in the vending machine. A sign was also placed on the machine announcing that we are now saving energy that way. This appears to be the only energy saving effort in the entire building. Well good I guess. Glad to help, my Doritos are now slightly dimmer. :| I'm kinda wondering if the light might have just burned out and a "We're saving the planet" sign is cheaper than a new bulb. :rolleyes:
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thrakazog wrote:
computers pretty much left on 24x7.
Same here and this always amuses me because I fail to see any use of this policy. The updates can be pushed during the working hours. So I started to turn off my PC after work until I finally got a memo from the infrastructure department that I’m not supposed to turn off the PC, just to restart. I can understand wasting the power, but only if all our electricity is coming from nuclear power plants and renewable sources. But this is not the case, because IIRC apart from France, there is no other industrial country getting most of its electricity in a “green” way. We are stealing from our children.
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I work in a fair sized office building. Tons for florecent lights everywhere and computers pretty much left on 24x7. Recently in an effort to go green and save the planet... we turned off the light in the vending machine. A sign was also placed on the machine announcing that we are now saving energy that way. This appears to be the only energy saving effort in the entire building. Well good I guess. Glad to help, my Doritos are now slightly dimmer. :| I'm kinda wondering if the light might have just burned out and a "We're saving the planet" sign is cheaper than a new bulb. :rolleyes:
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We're recycling marketing requirements documents as toilet paper. At least that way they get one good use out of the paper.
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on another note, how do you figure the equivalent wattage for an incandescent light bulb to an LED light bulb?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braunyou compare lumens. or, you can use a table like this[^]
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How much did 700 x 8 watt dimmable LED lights cost?
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I paid $38 per bulb, so just shy of $27000. But with savings of about $2000 per month, at todays rates, the payback is about 13 months.
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We're recycling marketing requirements documents as toilet paper. At least that way they get one good use out of the paper.
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delete this;Gary Wheeler wrote:
We're recycling marketing requirements documents as toilet paper.
Tautology!
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Gary Wheeler wrote:
We're recycling marketing requirements documents as toilet paper.
Tautology!
There is only one Vera Farmiga and Salma Hayek is her prophet! Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
Deyan Georgiev wrote:
Gary Wheeler wrote:
We're recycling marketing requirements documents as toilet paper.
Tautology!
Only if the toilet paper has been used.
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I paid $38 per bulb, so just shy of $27000. But with savings of about $2000 per month, at todays rates, the payback is about 13 months.
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thrakazog wrote:
computers pretty much left on 24x7.
Same here and this always amuses me because I fail to see any use of this policy. The updates can be pushed during the working hours. So I started to turn off my PC after work until I finally got a memo from the infrastructure department that I’m not supposed to turn off the PC, just to restart. I can understand wasting the power, but only if all our electricity is coming from nuclear power plants and renewable sources. But this is not the case, because IIRC apart from France, there is no other industrial country getting most of its electricity in a “green” way. We are stealing from our children.
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thatsnotgoingtohappen
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Please tell me the bulb lifespan is greater than 13 months.
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My company forced us all to take a week off during winter and we had to use our vacation time. They said this was so they could save energy for a week. :doh:
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I paid $38 per bulb, so just shy of $27000. But with savings of about $2000 per month, at todays rates, the payback is about 13 months.
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