Subj : I have just become energy self-suffi
To   : Arelor
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Nov 20 2022 19:12:00

Hello Arelor!

 A> I am more concerned for mice bitting through the insulation
 A> of some wire and causing a fire from electrical defect than
 A> for heat produced by the lights. The lights themselves are
 A> still worrisome to me.

My family operated standard electic incandescent lights in the  
barn for years. No problems.   We had plenty of cats in there  
though.


 A> LED's as of late seem to be subpar quality. They go out of
 A> service so fast that their value proposition goes down the
 A> drain.

When I took over the shop, the previous installation had a  
series of 8ft-long and 4ft-long fluorescent T12's. When some of  
the transformers started to fail after 2 or years of my  
occupation, I had all the T12's changed to support T8's.  That  
was 7 years ago.  Now, some of those "new" instant-start  
transformers are failing.  I am at the point where direct-wire  
LED tubes would be a more welcoming solution.  But the 8ft-ers  
cost about $32 a piece. I would need about 24.

I am not sure if I've seen any other retail space using LED  
lighting exclusively.


 A> They are not ecological anymore if they burn before the
 A> power they save compensates their consumption cost, and
 A> neither are they a sound investment. I still use mercury
 A> lights for that reason.

I've gone through at least a handful of T12 fluorescents, in my  
first couple of years of operation, and then even MORE T8's  
later on.  At about $20 a piece, they could add up.

But the LED variety cost even more.
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  ../|ug

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