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So I bought some 60 watt incandescent light bulbs

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tonyg88

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I bought the wrong 2x 40 watt bulb for my lava lamp and replaced my CFL(I've tried LED too) bedroom light fixture with 2x 40 watt incandescent light bulb that I wrongly bought instead of dealing with exchange. I am a vacuum tube guy so energy use isn't really a concern here.

Anyways, I couldn't believe how much better the 40 watt incandescent light bulb in my bedroom has been on my eyes. It is like everything looked like it should again. It made my Fisher consolette wood look the most beautiful I have ever seen it look in my bedroom.

So I bought 60 watt bulbs online to replace a few burnt out light bulbs today. (Shower light bulb and porch lightbulb been out for awhile now) I also think the 60 incandescent light bulb would be easier on the driver's eyes vs some of these other types of bulbs.. Yes I know about warm led bulbs but it isn't the same to me.

Does anyone do anything similar? PS I also use orange Halloween lights as a border in my bedroom at night to be able to change records at night as it is the perfect night light tone besides lavalamp/rock lamp/candle light.
 
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I use the newer warm linear element LED bulbs for mild lighting situations, the incandescent are saved for dbt service. Otherwise, transitioning to LEDs from CFLs as they die.
 
Not worried about a few bucks maybe a month I too like incandescent. Plus in a house with low ceilings the heat in the winter isn't wasted when they are used more. With body heat and a couple 60 watt bulbs I could heat the bedroom with the low ceilings.

Leds are a hit or miss, some last others bought and installed same time same bulb do not. If I need to settle I go Halogen, not as much energy savings as LED but still better than regular bulbs. I dont like the massive E waste of led's.

My kitchen is kind of dark so I have a 2 ft 2 bulb 35watt each florescent above the sink which is "never" shut of and they last 5-6 years min, no way am I going to replace them with expensive LED and feel like a genie pig on how long they are going to last.
 
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I keep all my incandescent bulbs and some of them are still in use, in fixtures with dimmers.
I have replaced a couple of them with halogen versions that are still incandescent but 30% energy saving and happily give out the same warm light. We can still buy such bulbs.

I also have a couple of 150W large incandescent bulbs. Planning to build a dim bulb tester. How will DBTs be built 10-20 years from now when all bulbs will be gone?
 
SaSi said:
I keep all my incandescent bulbs and some of them are still in use, in fixtures with dimmers.
I have replaced a couple of them with halogen versions that are still incandescent but 30% energy saving and happily give out the same warm light. We can still buy such bulbs.

I also have a couple of 150W large incandescent bulbs. Planning to build a dim bulb tester. How will DBTs be built 10-20 years from now when all bulbs will be gone?
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I think there will be someone always making them sorta like russia making tubes today prob won't be as cheap thou
 
I looked into the halogen those seem interesting but already europe and australia banned those types...
 
halogen have a negative $$ savings over incandescent due to the fact they typically only last a dismal 2000 - 4000hrs, cost more, and throw enough heat to melt glass, literally.

long life 130V incandescent bulbs are rated for 4000hrs, cost way less, less heat, and throw a much better light than these new Eco halogen A-lamps.

this is from the internet but I've personally seen much worse
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SoCal Sam said:
In Kalifornia, incandescent is not legal to buy or sell. Wish I could go back but the energy saving is too great.
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Even the stove, microwave/convection, and fridge (AKA appliance) bulbs ?
With the exception of my fridge/freezer (in which I installed certain type small LED type almost 10 yrs. ago) all other appliance bulbs can`t be any other type bulb like CFL/LED, because those elevated appliance in use temperatures would kill them in short order, at least that`s my thoughts !
 
We still use a few incandescents but I don't find 60 W to be bright enough for much of anything. 100 W is a minimum and I've been known to use 200 W in some places!
 
I have a good stash of 40W and 60W bulbs, also a bunch of appliance bulbs for the fridge and stove., but I love a good 75W light in certain parts of the house. I only have four of those left. The only LED light I have in my house is a couple of flashlights, which are crazy bright.
 
IMO, the right LED can be very good. We have track lights in the kitchen and the stupid halogen (PAR20?) bulbs were expensive and constantly burning out. They often took the dimmer out too when they failed. I replaced them all with LEDs from 1000bulbs.com, plus a new dimmer, and they've been great. Accurate color, good focused light and way less power dissipation. I also just replaced a big CFL in my shop with a 3-wing LED from clearance at Ollie's. It's like having the sun right above my lathe, plus there's no warm-up time like the old CFL. In the winter it seemed like my quick project would be done right about the time the stupid CFL was bright enough to see by. My only complaint now is both CFLs and LEDs weigh too much for the adjustable light over my electronics bench. The springs can't hold them up high enough and they end up clunking down on my projects.
 
ConradH said:
IMO, the right LED can be very good. We have track lights in the kitchen and the stupid halogen (PAR20?) bulbs were expensive and constantly burning out. They often took the dimmer out too when they failed. I replaced them all with LEDs from 1000bulbs.com, plus a new dimmer, and they've been great. Accurate color, good focused light and way less power dissipation. I also just replaced a big CFL in my shop with a 3-wing LED from clearance at Ollie's. It's like having the sun right above my lathe, plus there's no warm-up time like the old CFL. In the winter it seemed like my quick project would be done right about the time the stupid CFL was bright enough to see by. My only complaint now is both CFLs and LEDs weigh too much for the adjustable light over my electronics bench. The springs can't hold them up high enough and they end up clunking down on my projects.
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As mentioned not an LED fan but agree for those little track light bulbs they are a good application as they are a more point source and the other bulbs stink like you say.
 
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