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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westend wrote:John & Angela wrote:Do the LED bulbs you used have a regulator on them? Some of the "quality" bulbs from stateside sellers have a small regulation board attached. This may draw off a bit of current and that may explain some of the disparity between different user's reports on current drawn.
We did a little testing as well. After all is said and done using quality 27 Led single contact bulbs, we found we draw about 1/3 to a 1/4 of the power getting about the same amount of light. No where near the claimed 80 percent less power but substantial enough to justify the change.
Yes and as a result they also produce a little more heat. But they work well and have good colour temperature. We use outside lights a lot and also tend to leave a few lights on inside so they are on when we walk in (switch position etc). We don't worry about it as much as when we used the incandescents. Probably a little wasteful but its how we role. The energy we save negates the need for another solar panel. :)
