Earthquake in Japan

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Get yourself a good LED bulb and you'll save money in the long run.  Just make sure you check the lumen output, as many of 'em put out so little they're kinda worthless.

[Joe Redifer]

LED bulbs will eventually be the future, but they're not quite there yet.  For one, they need to become more easily dimable.  Nothing dims quite like an incandescent.  Halogens come close, but they can buzzzzzz.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

In terms of lumens per watt, halogens aren't much better than a standard incandescent bulb, at least not compared to a good fluorescent or LED lamp.

[Digi.k]

LED bulbs will eventually be the future, but they're not quite there yet.  For one, they need to become more easily dimable.  Nothing dims quite like an incandescent.  Halogens come close, but they can buzzzzzz.

other thing is that halogen light bulbs have some health issues.. I think since they been around people have been experiencing dry skin conditions, eczema, headaches... although I'm too tired and sad to do any googling right now..

[Tatsujin]

I think it doesn't take so much more longer from now till we all use LED bulbs, the stores here are already full of em. Old wolfram edison bulbs are already almost dissapeared.

[grahf]

Yeah. Did you get any LEDs for your house yet Tats?

[VestCunt]

I'm glad that we can set aside our differences and talk about light bulbs.  PCEFX rules.

[grahf]

Well it's kinda related to the whole power discussion. In the US, for example, the population has risen a lot in the last 20 years but the power usage has stayed relatively the same. It's thanks to more efficient stuff like LED lightbulbs

[OldRover]

Our house is almost entirely CFLs. LED bulbs are too expensive here just yet.