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Old 05-10-2010, 01:55 PM   #77 (permalink)
rgathright
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
A prime example would be a closet. I run the bulb in my closet an hour a year, using almost no energy. CFLs take about 30s to reach full brightness, and that's not acceptable for a closet. I guess I'll have to keep a box of old incandescents around, or buy some on the black market. Maybe smuggle some in from Canada.
I use LED bulbs in several low traffic storage areas for this reason.

In fact, those bulbs are all solar powered from a convert APC SmartUPS 620 unit that I wired into my house power system over the winter (no, it is isolated from the 120VAC pole feed). Of course that is another story but I could have never attempted such a project without the convenience of low power LED bulbs.
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