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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 2655391" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>LEDs are definitely the way to go. I also just cannot stand CFLs, I swear they give me headaches and it almost seems that I can feel the frequency pulse off of them. I had 8 large can lights put in my kitchen, sealed, full insulation contact rated. The installers put 75 watt incandescent bulbs in them. Within a couple of days one of the cans would go out after a couple of hours. Even though they were rated for much higher wattage bulbs the heat was tripping the thermal overload with 15" of insulation over them. So I ditched the incans and spent the coin on LEDs. No more issues. 75 watts X 8 = 600 watts. I think the LEDs I got were 13 watts so that 496 watts less for actually more light lumens. I was also running 35 watt halogens in my track lighting above my computer desk. Like the light but man did they ever get hot. Switched those to LEDs as the halogens burned out and I can now grab them with my bare hand. Moral to the story is go LED! They will pay for themselves over time. I'm switching every light I have to LED as they burn out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 2655391, member: 3099"] LEDs are definitely the way to go. I also just cannot stand CFLs, I swear they give me headaches and it almost seems that I can feel the frequency pulse off of them. I had 8 large can lights put in my kitchen, sealed, full insulation contact rated. The installers put 75 watt incandescent bulbs in them. Within a couple of days one of the cans would go out after a couple of hours. Even though they were rated for much higher wattage bulbs the heat was tripping the thermal overload with 15" of insulation over them. So I ditched the incans and spent the coin on LEDs. No more issues. 75 watts X 8 = 600 watts. I think the LEDs I got were 13 watts so that 496 watts less for actually more light lumens. I was also running 35 watt halogens in my track lighting above my computer desk. Like the light but man did they ever get hot. Switched those to LEDs as the halogens burned out and I can now grab them with my bare hand. Moral to the story is go LED! They will pay for themselves over time. I'm switching every light I have to LED as they burn out. [/QUOTE]
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