Converting house to LED light bulbs

the nub · 11-12-2011, 09:43 PM

Really depends on your usage and electrical costs. Where I live, electricity is cheap- $.08 /kwh. On any given night, I have one 13w CFL on for the entire house. In other words, if I'm not in the room, it's not lit. If I'm reading, I sit closer to the light. I've changed one light bulb in the 4+ years I've been here, so given my usage, it would take what, 40 years to pay back? IMO the average family would do much better by exercising energy conservation rather than swtiching to LED- or you could do both but there's no sense in throwing out a perfectly working bulb.

11-12-2011, 09:43 PM	#28
the nub Papa Chino Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Nanaimo, BC Posts: 320 Trading: (2)	Re: Converting house to LED light bulbs Really depends on your usage and electrical costs. Where I live, electricity is cheap- $.08 /kwh. On any given night, I have one 13w CFL on for the entire house. In other words, if I'm not in the room, it's not lit. If I'm reading, I sit closer to the light. I've changed one light bulb in the 4+ years I've been here, so given my usage, it would take what, 40 years to pay back? IMO the average family would do much better by exercising energy conservation rather than swtiching to LED- or you could do both but there's no sense in throwing out a perfectly working bulb.

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