I'm sure Gumby is far too modest to promote his own blog!
Therefore, I'll do it for him because it is an excelent resource for anyone that has not already discovered it (especially newbies). In addition he has also updated recently with two new articles, one covering macros and another discussing CFL bulbs.
The latter subject is close to my heart as it is why I started looking at HA to cut over all energy use and make the house work for me. The Megaman CFL look good and operate quite well (bit slow to warm-up). The packaging states around 10,000 hours to failure and interestingly a switching life of 600,000. I purchased some generic CFL's around 18 months and they are already failing which is very poor so I am hoping for more from the Megaman.
Finally, David mentions the use of LEDs as an up and coming technology. I have used LEDs in my kitchen for atmospheric lighting and under cabinet strip lights. For this they work very, very well with no start-up period, no humming, etc. For most tasks they produce more than enough light.
Cree seem to be a manufacturer at the cutting edge of this technology and some of the recent LEDs at around 3 - 5W produce a good level of light:
The above, although a bit bulky and pricey, demonstrates where things are with a 120 degree beam, 250 Lumen from 4W
Therefore, I'll do it for him because it is an excelent resource for anyone that has not already discovered it (especially newbies). In addition he has also updated recently with two new articles, one covering macros and another discussing CFL bulbs.
The latter subject is close to my heart as it is why I started looking at HA to cut over all energy use and make the house work for me. The Megaman CFL look good and operate quite well (bit slow to warm-up). The packaging states around 10,000 hours to failure and interestingly a switching life of 600,000. I purchased some generic CFL's around 18 months and they are already failing which is very poor so I am hoping for more from the Megaman.
Finally, David mentions the use of LEDs as an up and coming technology. I have used LEDs in my kitchen for atmospheric lighting and under cabinet strip lights. For this they work very, very well with no start-up period, no humming, etc. For most tasks they produce more than enough light.
Cree seem to be a manufacturer at the cutting edge of this technology and some of the recent LEDs at around 3 - 5W produce a good level of light:
The above, although a bit bulky and pricey, demonstrates where things are with a 120 degree beam, 250 Lumen from 4W
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