On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 14:31:06 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 09:46:15 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>> > On 8/12/2017 7:34 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >> On Friday, August 11, 2017 at 10:00:02 PM UTC-4, Jill McQuown
>> wrote: >>> On 8/11/2017 8:32 PM, wrote:
>> >>>> On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:43:27 -0400, jmcquown
>> > >>>> wrote:
>> > > > >
>> >>>>> On 8/11/2017 6:28 PM, notbob wrote:
>> >>>>>> On 2017-08-11, jmcquown > wrote:
>> > > > > > >
>> >>>>>>> I gave one of the early chia-pet kits to a friend once when a
>> group of >>>>>>> us decided to have a sillest cheap holiday gift
>> exchange.
>> > > > > > >
>> >>>>>> I notice the "Clapper" (clap on!-Clap off!) is also from the
>> same >>>>>> company. They start doing a buncha TV ads around
>> Christmas time. >>>>>> I've actually considered buying a "Clapper",
>> being a seriously lazy >>>>>> geezer, 'n all.
>> > > > > > >
>> >>>>>> nb
>> > > > > > >
>> >>>>> I think those clapper things actually work, nb! However, I'm
>> not yet >>>>> sufficiently lazy I can't turn a lamp on and off.
>> > > > > >
>> >>>>> Jill
>> > > > >
>> >>>> Anyone needs night lights this is the best:
>> >>>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Maxxima-MLN-5...s/dp/B00A3F1MZ
>> E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502495895&sr=8-1&keywords=maxxima+mln50
>> >>>> They emit too much light for a bedroom but are great in
>> bathrooms, >>>> hallways and basements...
>> > > >
>> >>> You really do tout these night lights, don't you? Thing is, not
>> >>> everyone wants (or has need for) night lights. I don't wander
>> around >>> the house at night so I don't need anything like that. I
>> also find LED >>> lighting to be rather harsh.
>> >>
>> >> I agree. For me, it's because the spectrum is so narrow. I still
>> have >> quite a few incandescents because the light is much more
>> pleasing. >>
>> >> Cindy Hamilton
>> >>
>> >
>> > Incans are too yellow for me. The LEDs we have are the whiter
>> > "daylight" color temperature.
>>
>> Even my outdoor LED fixtures emit much nicer light than the old
>> incandescents, and use 14 watts compared to 100 watt bulbs that didn't
>> last long and needed to climb a ladder to replace bulbs, that always
>> burned out during the coldest part of winter.
>>
>> > In the bathrooms, the over the mirror fixtures have three 60W
>> > equivalent LED bulbs and it is nice and bright in there.
>>
>> I replaced a fixture over the bathroom mirror that used four 60 watt
>> incandescents with a bar type LED that gives better/more light and
>> uses just 9 watts. I used to hate changing bulbs on that old fixture,
>> had to gingerly remove the large glass shade while on a ladder and
>> leaning way over the vanity... was even more difficult repacing that
>> glass shade. LEDs can last 15-20 years, even longer if you remember
>> to shut them off when not in use. Now whenever an incondescent burns
>> out I replace it with an LED... I recently replaced the bulbs on my
>> two garage door openers, each takes two bulbs, those are a pain to
>> replace as well, gotta drive the cars out and set up a ladder, then
>> reverse he process. And how many times I thought to replace those
>> bulbs before pulling the car in, but never remembered until
>> afterwards. I don't really care if people don't want to save money
>> but I liked reducing my electric bill by half and still having light.
>> Electric garage door openers have a white opaque lens over each bulb
>> so light is the same regardless which kind of bulb... besides I don't
>> need mood lighting in my garage.
>
>I just put a set of 2 on my list. Looks like a good option for my back
>storage area. I'm sure the second one will find a good home too.

They cost substantially less if you buy them in a box of 6 or 8, I get
them at Lowe's, they're often on sale. Even though LEDs cost more
than incondescents they pay for themselves in two months by using so
little electricity, so they actually cost a lot less, in fact in
reality they cost nothing because they will last 15-20 years. LEDs
offer exceptional savings when used for outdoor lighting, a 14 watt
LED flood offers about 50% more light than a 100 watt incandescent. My
only recommendation is to have a licensed electrician install LED
fixtures as polarity is important.