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Re: Dean's LED House

Easier applications that are power-sensitive are already beginning to use LED's. Many cruising sailboats are switching to LEDs - they are quite easy to run off the 12V power source that most boats use, and they drain far less power. That means, especially for sailors, that a photovoltaic cell or two results in a top-up of any battery power used, completely eliminating the need to run the diesel/gasoline motor to top up the battery. (Can you tell my other hobby yet? =) )

There are relatively inexpensive LED bulbs that can already be purchased that will pop into 12-volt bayonet sockets for use on those boats.

Here in Michigan those CFL's can be a real pain - the cold weather (especially if you mount them in can up against the roof in, say, a cathedral-ceiling'ed room) makes them warm up VERY slowly. They work horribly in outdoor applications like garages and porch lights. And yet, our government *shudder* is phasing out the 100 watt bulbs by 2012.
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