Tue Jan 22, 2013, 10:55 PM

LEDs Emerge as a Popular ‘Green’ Lighting

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/22/business/leds-emerge-as-a-popular-green-lighting.html?src=me&ref=general

LEDs Emerge as a Popular ‘Green’ Lighting

By DIANE CARDWELL
Published: January 21, 2013

The lighting industry has finally come up with an energy-efficient replacement for the standard incandescent bulb that people actually seem to like: the LED bulb.

Although priced at around 20 times more than the old-fashioned incandescents, bulbs based on LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, last much longer and use far less electricity, a saving that homeowners are beginning to recognize. Prices for the bulbs are falling steadily as retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s sell them aggressively and manufacturers improve the technology.

And because the light in LED bulbs comes from chips, companies have been able to develop software applications that let users control the bulbs, even change the color of the light, with tablets and smartphones. Apple sells a three-pack of such bulbs, made by Philips, with the hardware to operate them for about $200.

“You’re seeing all of your growth in the LED category,” said Brad Paulsen, a Home Depot merchant. “We absolutely expect LED technology in four or five years to be the most popular lighting technology that’s out there.”

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LEDs Emerge as a Popular ‘Green’ Lighting (Original post)	OKIsItJustMe	Jan 2013	OP
I have seen them. Looks like they have cooling fins.	rhett o rick	Jan 2013	#1
No, they don't get very hot	OKIsItJustMe	Jan 2013	#3
Thanks for the link. You are right that they dont get hot but need cooling fins to transfer the heat	rhett o rick	Jan 2013	#13
This one doesn't	Shankapotomus	Jan 2013	#16
They don't get hot, but...	Bigbluebrush	Jan 2013	#4
Here is one that	Shankapotomus	Jan 2013	#15
Interested, but waiting another year to start buying them.	tridim	Jan 2013	#2
I agree. Fluorescents are unnatural.	Bigbluebrush	Jan 2013	#5
Still amazingly expensive	NoOneMan	Jan 2013	#6
Try a handful of these	OKIsItJustMe	Jan 2013	#7
How many is a handful?	NoOneMan	Jan 2013	#8
For what on this planet do you need 55,000 fucking lumens?	NYC_SKP	Jan 2013	#9
About 5 or 6 nice healthy plants would be my guess.	bluesbassman	Jan 2013	#10
Yeah, that would be about right.	GliderGuider	Jan 2013	#17
I asked a guy about the UFOs once.	GliderGuider	Jan 2013	#19
Yeah, I haven't looked at them for over a year	NoOneMan	Jan 2013	#20
You should be using Ceramic Metal Halide anyway.	tridim	Jan 2013	#12
I understood CMH was mostly used during flowering?	GliderGuider	Jan 2013	#18
CMH improves both veg and flower over HPS or MH/HPS.	tridim	Jan 2013	#21
Cool! Thanks, I'll keep them in mind.	GliderGuider	Jan 2013	#22
You can buy them at Lowes (a blue company) for around $10.00	diane in sf	Jan 2013	#11
Great news!	Shankapotomus	Jan 2013	#14
Message auto-removed	Chelsey Parker	Mar 16	#23