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WallynDiane
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Apr 15, 2014

LED light bulbs and electricity savings question

We have a Holiday Rambler fifth wheel permanently parked in a campground near Chautauqua Lake. Electricity costs are quite high in Western New York. So I am always trying to save from our electricity bill.

We use shore power 100% of the time! unless there is an electrical outage which is very infrequent.

We have several indoor light bulbs that need replaced. They are 1141's and they are very cheap. Amazon has LED replacements for the 1141 in the $10 range.

All I have read on LED's is increased battery life. If I purchase LED's for the high use lights, would I ever see an electricity payback?

I am fearful that the I would never offset the cost of the LED bulbs with lower electricity.
How cost beneficial are LED's when you are on shore/campground power?

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  • We pay ~$.12kwh hour. The bulbs are 1141's and I estimate an average of two bulbs are on for two hours per day.
  • Unfortunately, this will require some math.

    We'll need to know how much you pay per kwh, how many bulbs you burn and how long per day, the wattage of those bulbs vs the wattage of the LEDs.

    The simple version is that LED's burn about 0.1 of the power of the incans. That, in and of itself, doesn't help much in the cost savings unless we know how much light you actually burn.

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