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Old 10-02-14, 04:42 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by gtojohn View Post
The math isn't difficult. My average cfl is 15w, I can get 2-3 for $10. The Led equivalent uses 13watts, cost about $20 per bulb. I'm not in a huge hurry to save 3 watts per hour of use. Maybe the technology will get more efficient of even cheaper. The payback on solar is even faster!
If you only intended to live two or three more years, your analysis would be perfect.

You are comparing a bulb with a higher initial cost and a far longer life to a bulb that has a lower initial cost and a shorter life. Your comparison is over a shorter life.

Bad comparison.


By the way, I am getting LED bulbs for around $5.

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