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Friday, August 20, 2010

New LED Products

I have posted the tremendous potential of LED tons of times in this blog. It is 7-8 times more efficient, lasts 20 times longer and emits almost zero heat (incandescent heats to 300 degrees).

Since there are almost no standards in the lighting industry, there are issues with inferior LED bulbs, especially with poor color rendering.

Still when its good...its really good. Have a look at the new Kowa desk lamp.



It uses all of 4.5 watts...
Posted by Steve Sheinkopf at 9:00 AM
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9 comments:

  1. H. Richmond8:47 PM

    I was curious as to the cost of something like this, but I couldn't find it on your website. I know the goal of the blog is to be informative rather than promotional, but it would be possible to link to a product page in the future?

    PS--I see R in the background! Thanks.

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  2. Steve Sheinkopf10:01 AM

    I have never linked anything, because the blog is purely informational. Its an unusual approach, because for sales, SEO, etc, it would be better to link.

    However, people wont listen if they are sold rather than advised

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  3. Anonymous9:44 PM

    Steve, Daren here, it's actually only 4.5W! 6W is European. Even better. It's definately the future of reading lamps.

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  4. Anonymous7:58 PM

    Steve,

    I recently replaced 3 60 watt chandelier type incandescent bulbs in the lantern on my front lawn with 3 5 watt LED bulbs (Litetronics Microbrite bulbs rated at 200 lumens and 2850 degrees Kelvin). The lighting now looks horrible. It's as if I went from having my very own lighthouse on my front lawn to having a cheap night light. Are there any LED bulbs that you could recommend (brand, color temperature, lumens) that will come close to approximating the quality, brightness and crispness of the incandescent bulbs that I had in the lantern?

    Thanks, Steve.

    Steve

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  5. Steve Sheinkopf9:08 AM

    I am not surprised to be honest. There are no standards to kelvins, so factories will place whatever they want on the box

    What socket are your lights...I need this to be able to determine the appropriate bulb

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  6. Anonymous11:36 AM

    Steve,

    The lantern is manufactured by Quoizel, Inc. and is part of its Newbury line. In the product literature it indicates the following under "Watts": (3)60W C. Quoizel's website indicates that the current version of the product (mine was purchased in 2001) has a "CAND BASE PHENOLIC" socket type, that it runs on 120vAC and that the bulb type is "B10 CAND".

    Is that the information that you require?

    Thanks,

    Steve

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  7. Steve Sheinkopf5:58 PM

    The biggest LED of that type is a 15 watt equivalent....underpowered for this application

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  8. Anonymous3:23 PM

    Steve,

    In that case, does it make sense to change from incandescent bulbs to CFL's? Are there any CFL bulbs of this type that will come close to the light quality of the incandescents?

    Thanks,

    Steve

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  9. Steve Sheinkopf3:45 PM

    Steve,

    Let me look, but CFLs dont illuminate well in cold weather

    S

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