They have not caught on out here yet so replacement bulbs are not readily available locally. I'm tempted to try one or two of the LED floods at one end of the shop where I could use a little more light and see how well they work.l I have noticed however that the LED's I put on the deck area do not seem to attract bugs like CFL or Incandescent but I'll wait until next summer to give them a real full season test.
Dale in the Flatlands.
wrobertdavis wrote:Regarding quick and cheap on lights, I thought I would comment on my choice of T5 fixtures. Most people have never seen T5 lamps. The tube is only 5/8" diameter. A four foot tube is nominally 5000 lumens and always used with an electronic ballast, so they are virtually instant on. The fixture I chose uses four 4' tubes. It mounts to a sheetrock ceiling with four toggle bolts and is connected with a single 110 volt plug.
So I used 6 fixtures for a total cost of $534.
To achieve the same result with 100w equivalent CFL's would only cost $375, requiring 72 fixtures.
CFL's win on cost.
T5s win hands down on installation labor and amount of ceiling real estate required.
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