Still have a bunch of incandescent bulbs, just in case. We did the change over to fluorescent until I saw one of those curly bulbs burn out with a flame shooting out the side of it, and they all went away after that. Have an all LED house now.
I was sitting in the bedroom one day and I heard a buzzing noise. I stepped into the bathroom and one of the curly fluorescence was literally on fire. Turned the switch off, Put the fire out threw every single one out.
When you shop for LED bulbs look for output in lumens (600 lm is equivalent to a 40 W iridescent bul, 900 lm to 60 W, i.e. 15 lm/W). The "equivalent to x" on the box appears to marketing claims. Prefer efficient bulbs with maximum (output in lumens divided by power in watt). As @AreialS points out prefer high CRI bulbs to render colors as natural as you expect. Select a color temperature suitable for the task at hand: warm in living room, white for task lighting per your preference. Some of the LED bulbs are dimmable usually with a newer type of dimmer switch than what you used with iridescent bulbs. Others are not or only to a limited degree. Some lamps now use fixed bulbs that cannot be (easily) changed.
@@allanwind295 You need to check both things, you need a certain amount of lumens to light the space, but then the fewest watt bulb you can get, but don't sacrifice CRI.
@@Ariel1S Yes, importance of CRI is great point! Also, thanks for clarifying that you want to maximize output in lumens divided power in watt. I clarified and expanded on my initial answer.
At 1:03 - The standard incandescent bulb glows just like how older space heaters glow (and why they both get hot). If enough electrical power goes through anything metal (a conductor) then it will heat up and glow. Welding metals works on the same principal.
I changed all the old halogen and fluorescent globes in my house for LEDs in 2021. Our lounge area had a socket for a globe which in a year we would go through like 4 70w Halogen globes. Fluorescent globe in the toilet went very dim and mercury starved then failed. Just went ahead and upgraded everything to LEDs. Since I am in Australia, we use B22 base light sockets and the problem we’ve had is that all the fluorescent and halogen/incandescent globes we’ve had and previous owners has weakened the plastic therefore when we changed the globe the plastic holder snapped causing the globe to fall out or be loose. It has caused more money in the long run to have an electrician replace the fittings than needed. Switching to LEDs especially if you’re in Australia is a wise decision if you have B22 socket. The heat from the globes weakens plastic and can burn up wires in ceiling fan light kits. The old globes do have their uses but wouldn’t recommend for use for general lighting. Seems to be ok for the US though since they use E27 socket bases that are metal on the inside not plastic.
Might I add that the LEDs I used were 8w Click 4000k and Philips 11w 6500k for kitchen, outside and bathroom where brightest lighting is more required. Have not had a single globe fail. Still have some halogen globes left but unlikely we will need to use them
I remember trying to find an led build I liked in the beginning and it was hard because it was trial and error. You had some that were not great and some that were terrible, they had a green hue to them or blue . Hated trying to find the right one took many back .
Even in the commercial building world, LED's are used almost exclusively now, since they can be tailored to fit almost any form factor (shape, size, etc). Just note that heat is the LED killer, most notably the "driver" that powers the LED - screwing the "edison bulb" type into an enclosed light fixture like a recessed downlight or even a surface domed light can greatly reduce their life - best to use a fixture actually designed with an LED source within it (not just an incandescent fixture with a swapped-out bulb). My 2 cents! Thanks for covering this topic!
The reason the centennial light is lasting so long is because you're putting 4 watt of power into something designed for 60. Due to the physics of incandescent light this dramatically increases it's life, but also dramatically reduces it's efficiency. (Which is why you would not want to do it for in places you actually need some light.) It's basically a heater at this point - it glows red and puts out very little light.
@@saulgoodman2018 Yes, light output is a function of watts. Lumens *measures* how much light. You get more lumens by increasing the wattage (or the efficiency). In an incandescent bulb the hotter the filament the more efficient the bulb (more lumens for each watt), but the lower lifespan. A really inefficient bulb (like the centennial light) can last forever, but barely makes any light.
No, the bulb was putting out 60 watts of power. It has deteriorated and *now* only puts out the equivalent of 4 watts. The way you worded it, it makes it seem like the bulb has always been under driven. It hasn't. The longevity is most likely due to the construction. Very thick carbon windings vs thin tungsten like later versions.
I switched my entire house over to LEDs and have been very pleased with performance and appearance. I certainly don't miss all that heat the old bulbs gave off, nor the inefficiency.
I use LED bulbs that look like incandescent bulbs, but I buy name brand ones,they last longer, and they don’t get hot. I’ve hadn’t rotten luck,however with those non replaceable checkerboard shop lights.I’d much rather haveLED tubes. Thanks for making an interesting video.
Adjustable kelvin on some Costco light bulbs 2700 to 6500. The dimming works most of the time . Need to be reachable to change kelvin as in low ceiling fan light or table lamp .
It's like you read my mind! I was just changing out all the bulbs in my house today. Here's an odd thing that was happening to me that maybe someone in the comments might be able to help: I have a light fixture that had incandescent bulbs but when I switch to LED they flash about once per second. CFL works just fine though. What's with that?
They're the least efficient method of making light, but resistive heat is also the least efficient method of making heat. Really, the only thing they're good at is wasting electricity.
Led bulbs seem to be becoming of lower quality. Bulbs advertised as lasting 17 or 22 years are lasting me six months. Save the bad ones and MAKE THEM honor their warranty!
If they are completely enclosed the shorter they last. The only ones I've had to replace within 5 years are my outdoor lights that are covered on 3 sides. Only the bottom of enclosure is open
There is a lot of variability among brands. Recently I've found the phillips bulbs to be among the best. Not too much more expensive but I haven't had a single one fail and they produce a nice flicker free light with good color rendering. Cree bulbs have also been great quality, although I've had trouble finding them recently. I think most people are buying the cheapest LEDs they can find, and corners have to be cut to get them so cheap.
Heat kills them. Meaning, enclosures. Automotive LED lights usually have a fan to ensure long life since the noise is easily masked. A high pitched little fan isn't something most people want to hear indoors though.
Anyone else replace their LED bulbs way more often than the old incandescent? They used to say that LEDs would last much much longer than traditional bulbs but not hard to predict that companies wouldn’t want them lasting that long so they can sell more.
When I moved into my house in 2015, I swapped all the CFL and incandescent bulbs out for LEDs. I have had to go back and replace a few of them since but most of them are still the original LEDs I Installed almost 10 years ago.
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You have to buy the more expensive ones to get the nice warm dim. I use those where I want dimming. I think Phillips makes them, but I forget the name on the box...
Happens over and over. Governmental regulations end up killing off legacy made in USA products, then "upgraded" replacements are made in CHINA. Best part is the most recent LED bulbs have no where near the life of the original LED bulbs that we were sold on as being 30, 40, or 50,000 hour bulbs.
The many LED bulbs I have purchased last for a shorter time than the old incandescent bulbs. These claims of lasting years is just misinformation....there should be a class-action suit.
it is mostly likely the LED driver circuit that fails, mostly due to heat. the actual LED remains functional. homes/buildings should have dedicated cooled low voltage converters so LED light could be power directly at 12/24 volts instead of having to cram a voltage step down into a tiny space at each light point
LED lights are flickering very fast all the time, but human eyes can't see it. And when the electronics inside go bad, human eyes can see the flickering, because the flickering slows down. Extremely bad not only for the eyes, but for the brain as well.
@@Dino_Buk Yes, however incandescent lights do as well, 60 cycles per second, however the filament takes time to cool down and go dark so its sort of a buffer when the sine wave goes below the zero crossing.
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Still have a bunch of incandescent bulbs, just in case. We did the change over to fluorescent until I saw one of those curly bulbs burn out with a flame shooting out the side of it, and they all went away after that. Have an all LED house now.
I was sitting in the bedroom one day and I heard a buzzing noise. I stepped into the bathroom and one of the curly fluorescence was literally on fire. Turned the switch off, Put the fire out threw every single one out.
When you shop for LED bulbs look for output in lumens (600 lm is equivalent to a 40 W iridescent bul, 900 lm to 60 W, i.e. 15 lm/W). The "equivalent to x" on the box appears to marketing claims. Prefer efficient bulbs with maximum (output in lumens divided by power in watt). As @AreialS points out prefer high CRI bulbs to render colors as natural as you expect. Select a color temperature suitable for the task at hand: warm in living room, white for task lighting per your preference. Some of the LED bulbs are dimmable usually with a newer type of dimmer switch than what you used with iridescent bulbs. Others are not or only to a limited degree. Some lamps now use fixed bulbs that cannot be (easily) changed.
@@allanwind295 You need to check both things, you need a certain amount of lumens to light the space, but then the fewest watt bulb you can get, but don't sacrifice CRI.
@@Ariel1S Yes, importance of CRI is great point! Also, thanks for clarifying that you want to maximize output in lumens divided power in watt. I clarified and expanded on my initial answer.
At 1:03 - The standard incandescent bulb glows just like how older space heaters glow (and why they both get hot). If enough electrical power goes through anything metal (a conductor) then it will heat up and glow. Welding metals works on the same principal.
I changed all the old halogen and fluorescent globes in my house for LEDs in 2021. Our lounge area had a socket for a globe which in a year we would go through like 4 70w Halogen globes. Fluorescent globe in the toilet went very dim and mercury starved then failed. Just went ahead and upgraded everything to LEDs.
Since I am in Australia, we use B22 base light sockets and the problem we’ve had is that all the fluorescent and halogen/incandescent globes we’ve had and previous owners has weakened the plastic therefore when we changed the globe the plastic holder snapped causing the globe to fall out or be loose. It has caused more money in the long run to have an electrician replace the fittings than needed. Switching to LEDs especially if you’re in Australia is a wise decision if you have B22 socket. The heat from the globes weakens plastic and can burn up wires in ceiling fan light kits. The old globes do have their uses but wouldn’t recommend for use for general lighting.
Seems to be ok for the US though since they use E27 socket bases that are metal on the inside not plastic.
Might I add that the LEDs I used were 8w Click 4000k and Philips 11w 6500k for kitchen, outside and bathroom where brightest lighting is more required. Have not had a single globe fail. Still have some halogen globes left but unlikely we will need to use them
I remember trying to find an led build I liked in the beginning and it was hard because it was trial and error. You had some that were not great and some that were terrible, they had a green hue to them or blue . Hated trying to find the right one took many back .
Even in the commercial building world, LED's are used almost exclusively now, since they can be tailored to fit almost any form factor (shape, size, etc). Just note that heat is the LED killer, most notably the "driver" that powers the LED - screwing the "edison bulb" type into an enclosed light fixture like a recessed downlight or even a surface domed light can greatly reduce their life - best to use a fixture actually designed with an LED source within it (not just an incandescent fixture with a swapped-out bulb). My 2 cents! Thanks for covering this topic!
The reason the centennial light is lasting so long is because you're putting 4 watt of power into something designed for 60. Due to the physics of incandescent light this dramatically increases it's life, but also dramatically reduces it's efficiency. (Which is why you would not want to do it for in places you actually need some light.)
It's basically a heater at this point - it glows red and puts out very little light.
Wrong. You just have to get more lumens. Light output in not how much wattage the bulb is.
@@saulgoodman2018 Yes, light output is a function of watts. Lumens *measures* how much light. You get more lumens by increasing the wattage (or the efficiency).
In an incandescent bulb the hotter the filament the more efficient the bulb (more lumens for each watt), but the lower lifespan. A really inefficient bulb (like the centennial light) can last forever, but barely makes any light.
@@Ariel1S LED's don't work like old bulbs.
@@saulgoodman2018 And? I was talking about the centennial light which is an incandescent.
No, the bulb was putting out 60 watts of power. It has deteriorated and *now* only puts out the equivalent of 4 watts. The way you worded it, it makes it seem like the bulb has always been under driven. It hasn't. The longevity is most likely due to the construction. Very thick carbon windings vs thin tungsten like later versions.
I switched my entire house over to LEDs and have been very pleased with performance and appearance. I certainly don't miss all that heat the old bulbs gave off, nor the inefficiency.
I use LED bulbs that look like incandescent bulbs, but I buy name brand ones,they last longer, and they don’t get hot.
I’ve hadn’t rotten luck,however with those non replaceable checkerboard shop lights.I’d much rather haveLED tubes.
Thanks for making an interesting video.
Adjustable kelvin on some Costco light bulbs 2700 to 6500. The dimming works most of the time . Need to be reachable to change kelvin as in low ceiling fan light or table lamp .
It's like you read my mind! I was just changing out all the bulbs in my house today.
Here's an odd thing that was happening to me that maybe someone in the comments might be able to help: I have a light fixture that had incandescent bulbs but when I switch to LED they flash about once per second. CFL works just fine though. What's with that?
I use my old incandescent bulbs in the winter to cut the chill in the room
Kind of smart to reduce waste too!
They're the least efficient method of making light, but resistive heat is also the least efficient method of making heat. Really, the only thing they're good at is wasting electricity.
Flourecent lights still give off the best light imo
Led bulbs seem to be becoming of lower quality. Bulbs advertised as lasting 17 or 22 years are lasting me six months. Save the bad ones and MAKE THEM honor their warranty!
Soon every month a new bulb.
The same thing was done with incandescent bulbs.
If they are completely enclosed the shorter they last. The only ones I've had to replace within 5 years are my outdoor lights that are covered on 3 sides. Only the bottom of enclosure is open
There is a lot of variability among brands. Recently I've found the phillips bulbs to be among the best. Not too much more expensive but I haven't had a single one fail and they produce a nice flicker free light with good color rendering. Cree bulbs have also been great quality, although I've had trouble finding them recently. I think most people are buying the cheapest LEDs they can find, and corners have to be cut to get them so cheap.
Heat kills them. Meaning, enclosures. Automotive LED lights usually have a fan to ensure long life since the noise is easily masked. A high pitched little fan isn't something most people want to hear indoors though.
Yeah. My ceiling fan bulbs don't even last for a year.
Anyone else replace their LED bulbs way more often than the old incandescent? They used to say that LEDs would last much much longer than traditional bulbs but not hard to predict that companies wouldn’t want them lasting that long so they can sell more.
When I moved into my house in 2015, I swapped all the CFL and incandescent bulbs out for LEDs. I have had to go back and replace a few of them since but most of them are still the original LEDs I Installed almost 10 years ago.
Not here, have had the opposite experience.
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My biggest complaint about LEDs is almost none of them "dim to warm" like incandescents do.
You have to buy the more expensive ones to get the nice warm dim.
I use those where I want dimming. I think Phillips makes them, but I forget the name on the box...
im curious what happened to their old electrician.
My place is full of smart LED bulbs, I can change color and intensity with voice commands or scripts.
Happens over and over. Governmental regulations end up killing off legacy made in USA products, then "upgraded" replacements are made in CHINA. Best part is the most recent LED bulbs have no where near the life of the original LED bulbs that we were sold on as being 30, 40, or 50,000 hour bulbs.
"Made in China" For now, but that will change
The many LED bulbs I have purchased last for a shorter time than the old incandescent bulbs. These claims of lasting years is just misinformation....there should be a class-action suit.
it is mostly likely the LED driver circuit that fails, mostly due to heat. the actual LED remains functional. homes/buildings should have dedicated cooled low voltage converters so LED light could be power directly at 12/24 volts instead of having to cram a voltage step down into a tiny space at each light point
Same here
that guy is really bright 😀
I am stocking up on florescent tubes now.
Color performance accuracy (CRI), Incandescents are still rated 100 / 100, which out performs the best LED on the market today by a fair margin.
LEDs completely suck
10 years ago LEDs would last almost indefinitely now you barely get 6 to a year out of it
Still using halogen lights in my house, they have a fantastic color for indoor recessed cans, never gonna switch to flickery LEDS
LED lights are flickering very fast all the time, but human eyes can't see it. And when the electronics inside go bad, human eyes can see the flickering, because the flickering slows down.
Extremely bad not only for the eyes, but for the brain as well.
@@Dino_Buk Yes, however incandescent lights do as well, 60 cycles per second, however the filament takes time to cool down and go dark so its sort of a buffer when the sine wave goes below the zero crossing.
I hate the fact that light bulbs now are complicated. Used to be just choose your wattage, and yellow or white light. Now, good luck.
They are not complicated.
Why does Kevin seem sick? He's talking low for some reason.
They missed that the little “spring looking piece” is actually a double helix.
LED lights suck
Humphrey Davy invented the arc-light and Joseph Swann invented the electric light-bulb. Edison was a latecomer.
Bulbs are for automobiles lamps are household. 👍🏻🤷🏻♂️