How Much Power Savings using LED's?
Just purchased 4 warm white LED panels with 20 5050 LED's. Wanted to experiment with these on my TT before purchasing more. Anyhow, one 20 5050 LED panel wasn't nearly as bright as the original 92...
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As usual in the "Yeah for LEDs" threads, nobody mentions the H in AH.
I doesn't save you much if your lights aren't on very long anyway.
Here, in the summer the sun is up well before breakfast and even before you wake up maybe. It goes down later just before bedtime unless you are a night-owl. So when do you ever turn on any lights??
Now in winter it is different. Now your batts are at lower capacity in the cold temps and it is dark most of the time. Now you get some serious Hs in those lighting AHs. This is where LEDs can start to make a diff on how much battery AHs lights grab from what batt capacity in AHs you have.
So before running out and getting all excited about how much less the LEDs draw in amps, check those AHs which is the real measurement and how many Hs there will be in your scenario.
BTW I found a CFL lamp in the 120v lamp uses fewer amps than the 12v lamp nearby where the 120v CFL is on powered by the inverter. So you can save AHs by using those too, if you have that sort of situation.
I doesn't save you much if your lights aren't on very long anyway.
Here, in the summer the sun is up well before breakfast and even before you wake up maybe. It goes down later just before bedtime unless you are a night-owl. So when do you ever turn on any lights??
Now in winter it is different. Now your batts are at lower capacity in the cold temps and it is dark most of the time. Now you get some serious Hs in those lighting AHs. This is where LEDs can start to make a diff on how much battery AHs lights grab from what batt capacity in AHs you have.
So before running out and getting all excited about how much less the LEDs draw in amps, check those AHs which is the real measurement and how many Hs there will be in your scenario.
BTW I found a CFL lamp in the 120v lamp uses fewer amps than the 12v lamp nearby where the 120v CFL is on powered by the inverter. So you can save AHs by using those too, if you have that sort of situation.
