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MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Dec 22, 2017

12 Volt Screw In Light Bulb Say Adios...In California

If you were thinking if getting a standard 50 or 100 watt 12-volt light bulb to act as a battery equalization ampere throttle you'd better act fast. The People's Committee has decided to ban incandesc...
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Gdetrailer
Explorer III
Dec 23, 2017
joebedford wrote:
A19 LED bulbs are 50 cents Canadian on sale - about what 40 cents American?

Anyway, I don't mind using incandescent bulbs in my basement media room - the heat is appreciated.


Umm, try $1.50 per 120V LED bulb and that gets you a 9W draw or about 40W incadescent equivalent brightness.

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But really, that is a pretty wimpy bulb at 480 lumens, to get REAL LED lightbulbs you MUST spend a lot more..

Something like THIS 14W LED A19 bulb which gives about the same lumens as a 100W incadescent (1575 Lumens), but it IS gonna cost a lot more than a wimpy 9W LED.. Try $4.03 EACH.

Yeah, so much for "CHEAP" LEDs..

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