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Xringer · 05-10-12, 11:30 PM

Almost all the lighting in my house is with LED blubs from HD or Lowes.
I use mostly 40w with a few 60w and they work fine.
We have had a couple of failures (2 year store replacement covered them), but the rest are doing very well.

We still have a few CFLs around and about a 30 year supply of spares..

My LEDs use less power than the CFLs we were using, because in all cases
where we replaced a CFL with an LED, we down graded the wattage.
We replaced 100w (23w used) with 60w LEDs..
Like this one: AmbientLED 12-Watt (60W) A19 Soft White (2700K) Light Bulb-423343 at The Home Depot

And these 40w LEDs: Shop Utilitech 40-Watt Equivalent Indoor Warm White LED Light Bulb at Lowes.com

In the bath (four 40w) and bed room (five 40w), we used 40w decorator type LED bulbs,
Shop Utilitech 40-Watt Equivalent Warm White Decorative LED Light Bulb at Lowes.com
To replace incandescent decorator (globe type) blubs.

If I had it to do over again, I would have tried lower out put LEDs.
4 or 5 40W LEDs in the light bars put out a LOT of light..

05-10-12, 11:30 PM	#19
Xringer Lex Parsimoniae Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,918 Thanks: 114 Thanked 250 Times in 230 Posts	Almost all the lighting in my house is with LED blubs from HD or Lowes. I use mostly 40w with a few 60w and they work fine. We have had a couple of failures (2 year store replacement covered them), but the rest are doing very well. We still have a few CFLs around and about a 30 year supply of spares.. My LEDs use less power than the CFLs we were using, because in all cases where we replaced a CFL with an LED, we down graded the wattage. We replaced 100w (23w used) with 60w LEDs.. Like this one: AmbientLED 12-Watt (60W) A19 Soft White (2700K) Light Bulb-423343 at The Home Depot And these 40w LEDs: Shop Utilitech 40-Watt Equivalent Indoor Warm White LED Light Bulb at Lowes.com In the bath (four 40w) and bed room (five 40w), we used 40w decorator type LED bulbs, Shop Utilitech 40-Watt Equivalent Warm White Decorative LED Light Bulb at Lowes.com To replace incandescent decorator (globe type) blubs. If I had it to do over again, I would have tried lower out put LEDs. 4 or 5 40W LEDs in the light bars put out a LOT of light.. __________________ My hobby is installing & trying to repair mini-splits EPA 608 Type 1 Technician Certification ~ 5 lbs or less..