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Mike McCann
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Only update from my list above is that the light over the kitchen sink was upgraded from one intermittently working Cree 60W= LED and one 14W A19 MAXLITE CFL to two 75W= LED lamps. Much brighter now and no warm up time from the CFL or flicker from the dying LED.
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Please check out my newly-updated website! McCann Lighting Company is where my street light collection is displayed in detail.
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18W Goldeye / 52W R&C LED front door lighting
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I've gone pretty much all LED inside, from Philps, Feit, Osram, lights of america, Globe and few others I even regularly burn a couple of neon 1 watt flicker flame lights as night lighting, but just so I'm never left in the dark I also have a few self ballasted Metal halides, and one Carbon filiment (modern reproduction)
Outside I have R&C (Rab) led lights on a motion sensor and low pressure sodium's, 18 watts philips goldeye's which are my all night burners ( they just never seem to die ) And were all else fails I also have 6 coleman lanterns all 30 years or older, and a couple of 3 / 4 D cell maglite flashlights in-case someone tries to do something in the dark I don't like, and for the Zombie attack I also have a large box of cyalume glow sticks and CIL flares.
I think the only incandescent's I use are in the oven and microwave..
But I don't really worry much about the energy efficiency part as I know how to use my dimmer switch's and how to turn them into a zero watt lights at the flip of a switch, and all my outdoor lighting is either motion or astrological timer controlled but I like to change all my lighting regularly and see what works or me and what doesn't nothing ever stays up for a real long time except the LPS lights outside because they are pain to reach..
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I already changed over to LED in my flat. There is only fluorescent left in the kitchen and HID lighting (24/7) in the living room. Else is only LED tubes and bulbs. All works perfect!
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Believe it or not, our flat is mostly LED, mainly for the reduction in electricity consumption, but also because we were given a lot of them for free by a friend who ran a lighting shop..! We do have a 28W 2D fitting in the bathroom and a couple of incandescents knocking about, but by and large we're ok with LED's. I'm not totally anti-LED, as some people seem to think, I just don't like them for street lighting. The thing that annoys me the most is the lack of choice we are being given these days. The shops have already stopped selling normal incandescent lamps, except for a few specialist types such as oven lamps, CFL's are going the same way, as are halogens in some places. Sooner or later, all we will be left with is LED. This is just plain WRONG. People should have the choice on what to use. Ok, rant over..! 
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We have no LED bulbs at all - yet other than in the refrigerator which came with LED lights. And outside the solar lights all have LED of course. We don't even have any CFLs, tried them a number of years ago and they just wouldn't last long. Last ones we bought were around 2007-08.
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Collect vintage incandescent and fluorescent fixtures. Also like HID lighting and streetlights.
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The lighting fixture in the bathroom takes a 28W 2D fluorescent lamp, and when we can no longer get the lamps we will have to either get a new fixture installed or by-pass the ballast, as we did try an LED equivalent and popped it.
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Well since I really have two choices on where to stay I'm going to explain both Girlfriends Parents House: Living Room: One Lamp that Has an orange shade and is a 3-way, the bulb is a 3-way GE 2700K CFL Kitchen: LED Downlights 2700K Front Door: 8 lamp chandelier that holds 6500K CFLs that are each 13W Mackenzie's Room: A couple of neon lights and a 32 watt Circleline Bulb 5000K Her Parents Room: Just 4 lamps placed on each corner of the room all are 2700K and 26W Guest Room (My room): Dimmable Halogen PAR38 that is in a ceramic light socket that is on the ceiling Hallway(upstairs and downstairs): Lithonia Lighting 4' Fluorescent wraparound 6500K lamps (F32T8) Laundry Room: I upgraded their laundry room to a MH in a ceramic light socket on the ceiling (The ballast is next to the light socket screwed in) Garage: Two single lamp 8' fixtures that have F96T12 DX HO on mag ballast(upgraded from 4') Our Apartment: Living Room: Incandescent floods on lamps that can be pointed anywhere Ceiling Boob Placed in the middle of nowhere: 2 26w CFLs 2700K Kitchen: A two lamp 8' T12 fixture (Mackenzie took down the LED downlights that were just placed anywhere she also put of the 8' fixture and installed the tubes) F96T12 DX HO on mag ballast My Room: Many F20s and F40s all of which are DX Her Room: Some Neon Lights and one of my most prized possessions, my F96T12 DX VHO from 1987 on mag ballast (leaning against wall) Very Small Hallway: One 400W HPS stuffed in a normal lamp with no shade and is externally ballasted, and of course a E26 to E39 adapter (lamp is 6') Bathroom: https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?album=4719&pos=17&pid=144087Her Two sisters room (yes, they both sleep in the same room different bed): Dimmable 300W clear incandescent lamp in ceiling fixture Conclusion: No, in either place I've stayed in has no LED in anywhere, We all like quality light that's going to last
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Currently, there's nothing other than LED for indoors (with the exceptions of a halogen track light, a fan with an incandescent bulb, and an incandescent chandelier) but the only LED for outside is the porch lights.
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If I can get away with it.. Ima light my house entirely with low wattage HID (MV and HPS) along with incandescent and CFLs mixed in as secondaries... Same as I do my room now..
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If I can get away with it.. Ima light my house entirely with low wattage HID (MV and HPS) along with incandescent and CFLs mixed in as secondaries... Same as I do my room now..
I like the idea  What about warm-up problems, though..? If it's a room where the lights are on for long periods then fine, but it wouldn't work in rooms where the lights are switched on and off a lot 
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Rich, Coaster junkie!
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If I can get away with it.. Ima light my house entirely with low wattage HID (MV and HPS) along with incandescent and CFLs mixed in as secondaries... Same as I do my room now..
Be prepared for a fair bit of work then  , and don't go overboard like I did! Twin 70 watt halides in your kitchen will turn out to be a 12,000 lumen eye fryer!  , similarly, 125 watt MV lamps in a table lamp in the living room is a fire hazard!, and if you fancy 20 watt CMH lamps in downlight cans, make sure you have both the correct fitting, and gear or you'll encounter many frustrating and time consuming modifications you will have to make!
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Current: UK 230V, 50Hz Power provider: e.on energy Street lighting in our town: Philips UniStreet LED (gen 1) Longest serving LED in service at home, (hour count): Energetic mini clear globe: 57,746 hrs @ 15/12/24
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I have several MH table lamps and they run faily cool unless you touch the lamp. Warmup is not a problem as they run for long times. They aren’t the only light sources so I have plenty of restrike lighting.
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I use various HID lights in my place.For LED-I went BACK to CFL(Sylvania) after the Sylvania LED bubls in my bathroom light-it uses 4 "100w" bulbs-the LEDs one failed-the otrher were flickering and flashing-about 1 yr old.The replacement CFL are just fine!work BETTER!
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Rich, Coaster junkie!
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I have several MH table lamps and they run faily cool unless you touch the lamp. Warmup is not a problem as they run for long times. They aren’t the only light sources so I have plenty of restrike lighting.
I did something really stupid though, looking back on it now!, I ran a de-luxe, 125watt MV lamp in a standard British table lamp, on a small shelf in the corner of my living room, (with the ballast conveniently mounted under the shelf). It lit the room perfectly, with just enough light and little glare, with its shade on. I wrongly thought the heat from the lamp would just convect through the open bottom and top of the shade, harmlessly passing the, (quite high heat from a 125 MV), over the elliptical shape of the bulb. I didn`t figure however, the glass temp, and the distance from the side of the shade, (that I thought was ample)!, turns out it cooked it, to the point that smoke started to come off it one night, (luckily, VERY LUCKILY, just as I came back in the room from upstairs to see it)!!! The best HID lamp conversions have to be the modded halogen uplights though, as these ARE designed to take a lot of heat, and a TD ended halide fits right into them, without modification to the fitting. And providing you wiring is upgraded for a HID circuit, it will give countless hours, danger free service!
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Current: UK 230V, 50Hz Power provider: e.on energy Street lighting in our town: Philips UniStreet LED (gen 1) Longest serving LED in service at home, (hour count): Energetic mini clear globe: 57,746 hrs @ 15/12/24
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