About a year ago my wife and I completed a home addition and renovation project including a large number of ceiling recessed lights and a smaller number of fixtures that use ordinary light bulbs. Our electrician installed generic incandescent everywhere and we were so busy I didn't think much about that.
But after about a year (the lighting was finished several months before everything else) the bulbs started to go dead and while I was off to the store to buy replacements, I made the decision to go with compact fluorescents. I recall standing in the aisle trying to figure out how many bulbs we needed since the others were sure to quickly follow but I couldn't remember. So just bought a few and tried different wattages and colors and after some experimentation purchased exactly the right number to fill our home.
Its been a few month now and looking at our electric bill I figure we are saving $20 to $25 per month more than enough to pay the higher purchase price and if they don't burn out after 12 or 14 months we shall save even more.
But now I want LED . . .
I intend to start with the Cree LR6
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