EastWest Gal
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
All of the lights in our house are LED now, except for a few incandescent bulbs on old dimmers. We rarely turn them on, so power consumption from those is minimal. At this point it would not be cost effective to replace those dimmers with LED compatible dimmers.
I still have 10 fluorescent twin-bulb fixtures in my garage. When I installed those LED's were still way too expensive. However, mine have T8 bulbs and electronic ballasts so they turn on instantly, even in cold weather. If it's really cold they dim slightly when I first turn them on, but they come to full brightness before I can get started on anything. I don't spend enough time in the garage to justify switching to LED's at this point.
We replaced virtually all of our incandescent with LEDs within the last month. The new LEDs are affordable and dimmable with standard dimmers. We have quite a bit of recessed lighting, and the LED bulbs work well there too. Just 3 years ago this would have been impossible. With our solar panels and our LEDs, it will be interesting to see the impact on our electric bill.
Our local school district has installed solar arrays on the campuses of most of the schools. At the high school, the solar array is on a rather steep grassy hill. It’s no longer possible to mow there, so instead, they have brought in goats periodically to eat the grass and weeds.
Changes like these are very good to see.
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