The Ford Barn

Synchro909 · 08-01-2019, 06:51 PM

Electricity here is generated using brown coal whci we have enough of to last hundred of years but it is a very dirty way of doing it so in an affort to reduce greenhouse gasses and the cost of electricity (which has gone so high it's become political), our stste Government is subsidising the repalcement of incandescent and flouro lights with LEDs. We just had the whole house done, including my workshop. I used to have a 100watt incandescent globe and a 32 watt flouro tube above the work bench. I now have one 7 watt LED there and while the light is not as bright as it was, I get by. There are adaptors available that allow two globes to be put in the one roof fixture. I will buy one of those and another LED globe so I will have 14 watts of LED light (down from 132 watts) and I think that will be plenty.
I am on the committee of one of our clubs and in or clubrooms, we took up a similar offer and changed scores of flouro tubes to LED a year or two ago. The members had to be told it was done - no one noticed but the treasurer sure did!

08-01-2019, 06:51 PM	#16
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,041	Re: Shop lighting Electricity here is generated using brown coal whci we have enough of to last hundred of years but it is a very dirty way of doing it so in an affort to reduce greenhouse gasses and the cost of electricity (which has gone so high it's become political), our stste Government is subsidising the repalcement of incandescent and flouro lights with LEDs. We just had the whole house done, including my workshop. I used to have a 100watt incandescent globe and a 32 watt flouro tube above the work bench. I now have one 7 watt LED there and while the light is not as bright as it was, I get by. There are adaptors available that allow two globes to be put in the one roof fixture. I will buy one of those and another LED globe so I will have 14 watts of LED light (down from 132 watts) and I think that will be plenty. I am on the committee of one of our clubs and in or clubrooms, we took up a similar offer and changed scores of flouro tubes to LED a year or two ago. The members had to be told it was done - no one noticed but the treasurer sure did! __________________ I sometimes wonder what happened to the people who asked me for directions. Even at my age, I still like to look at a young, attractive woman but I can't really remember why.