Which led bulb is best
Between these two, which is brighter? Does anyone know?
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Timbodeuce,
I don't know where you bought your "cobs" from being high in price? Our 54 cobs came from LEDLight.com and only cost $7.47 each and with no sales tax and had free shipping. They are 5 watt and 500 lumen in "warm white 3000K" and what they call "super white 6000K" now but when we ordered ours they were listed as 5000K-5500K. Not that it'll make any real difference to your eye.
The 5 watt LED draw from them is actually a brighter cleaner well difused light pattern in an RV room/area than the 41 watt draw incandescent bulb they replaced which means you usually will turn on even less lights and having even less current draw from your battery/batteries. We also couldn't be happier as we'd converted both our RV's and now have our large home and my big pole building (7 ceiling 100 watt equiv LEDs) converted along with nearly all outside security lighting (2 large yard lights and 3 double bulb motion detection spotlights) also changed to LED. All completed approx 3 months ago.
Brighter true lighting and our electric use is WAY down which means the monthly bill is a lot lower, just under $100/a month lower, compared to the last 2 years for the same calendar month periods. The LED's didn't replace incandescents but rather replaced flourescents which already used approx 1/4 of the current of the same lumens as incandescents do. That almost $100 an month savings over the last 3 months, the LED's more than paid for themselves and going forward that $100/mo savings adds up to about $1200 each year and the LEDs have an 18-24 year life. $21,600 savings over just 18 years even with no increase in per KW costs. Kind of really gets your attention and that's only going from flourescents to LEDs. $86,400 savings going from incandescents!
Like a free new high end big optioned out 5th wheel. OHHH, the torture!
I don't know where you bought your "cobs" from being high in price? Our 54 cobs came from LEDLight.com and only cost $7.47 each and with no sales tax and had free shipping. They are 5 watt and 500 lumen in "warm white 3000K" and what they call "super white 6000K" now but when we ordered ours they were listed as 5000K-5500K. Not that it'll make any real difference to your eye.
The 5 watt LED draw from them is actually a brighter cleaner well difused light pattern in an RV room/area than the 41 watt draw incandescent bulb they replaced which means you usually will turn on even less lights and having even less current draw from your battery/batteries. We also couldn't be happier as we'd converted both our RV's and now have our large home and my big pole building (7 ceiling 100 watt equiv LEDs) converted along with nearly all outside security lighting (2 large yard lights and 3 double bulb motion detection spotlights) also changed to LED. All completed approx 3 months ago.
Brighter true lighting and our electric use is WAY down which means the monthly bill is a lot lower, just under $100/a month lower, compared to the last 2 years for the same calendar month periods. The LED's didn't replace incandescents but rather replaced flourescents which already used approx 1/4 of the current of the same lumens as incandescents do. That almost $100 an month savings over the last 3 months, the LED's more than paid for themselves and going forward that $100/mo savings adds up to about $1200 each year and the LEDs have an 18-24 year life. $21,600 savings over just 18 years even with no increase in per KW costs. Kind of really gets your attention and that's only going from flourescents to LEDs. $86,400 savings going from incandescents!
Like a free new high end big optioned out 5th wheel. OHHH, the torture!
