From: Michael J. Gourlay (gourlay_at_ucsub.Colorado.EDU)
Date: 03/08/00
From: "Michael J. Gourlay" <gourlay_at_ucsub.Colorado.EDU> Message-Id: <200003081806.LAA06893@ucsub.Colorado.EDU> Subject: Re: LED Light bulbs Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 11:06:53 -0700 (MST)
} I also just picked up two little LED light bulbs. One yellow,
}one white. They have a cluster of 18 LEDs per bulb, fit in a standard
}screw base light socket, give out decent light (in the 200-300 lumens
}range for the ones I got) and use a staggering 0.7 watts of power! If
}I left the porch light on 24/7, it would cost me 1.4 cents per week
}to run! :-)
Where did you get the LED bulbs?
200-300 lumens is roughly equivalent to what wattage incandescent?
I'd guess something pretty small -- maybe 15 watts?
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