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All I wanted is a couple of 1950 style light bulbs.
Looking in Menards, the types, base size, razzaldazzle, fancy pants, HIGH PRICED$$$$$, "energy efficient", and so on bulbs. I just want bulbs for a corn crib, maybe on two hours a year.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Go to your nearest dollar store.
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Richard send me an address. No problem….
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Go Nats!!!!
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Campfire Kahuna
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put LED in there and never look back. Can't understand what folks would have against LED> I know about FL... but that didn't bother us, but i got it.
I've not seen one bad thing about LED.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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The LED's are great. You can even get a "100 watt equivalent" and stick it in a "60 watt max" fixture, and really brighten things up. (1600 lumens vs. 800)
You can still find "hard service" lightbulbs for fans and garage door openers if you were to need a "heat source" in addition to the light.
The CFL's suck...
PS You want a "color temp" of 2700k to match normal old incandescent bulbs.
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Campfire Kahuna
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being a true Luddite, I have a lot of 100, 75, 60 watt real light bulbs squirreled away.
Sam......
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put LED in there and never look back. Can't understand what folks would have against LED> I know about FL... but that didn't bother us, but i got it.
I've not seen one bad thing about LED. The spiral shaped LED lights suck ass. I found some 100 watt LED's that are shaped like normal light bulbs that I'm going to try in the garage however. They're expensive but "supposed" to last 10 years. So we'll see. **Edit** I think the spiral bulbs are fluorescent not LED. My bad.
Last edited by Rooster7; 02/21/17.
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Campfire Kahuna
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LED's are great and prices are getting lower but who wants to spend $10 or more for a bulb that gets used 1 or 2 times a year per the OP?
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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I've been beaching about that for years, my last 300 watt bulb just bit the dust.
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I've been beaching about that for years, my last 300 watt bulb just bit the dust. Sam could send you 3 - 100 watt bulbs.
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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I just bought 2x 300 watt incandescent bulbs today at the Wally World. I use these for the garage general lighting.
Otherwise, everything is/has been swapped to LED. I really like LED bulbs, much, much better than CFL ever were. Yeah, they're expensive-er, but they will last longer and I like the "daylight" 6000K color.
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~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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I just bought 2x 300 watt incandescent bulbs today at the Wally World. I use these for the garage general lighting.
Otherwise, everything is/has been swapped to LED. I really like LED bulbs, much, much better than CFL ever were. Yeah, they're expensive-er, but they will last longer and I like the "daylight" 6000K color. I have 2 bulbs of CFL left, think I'll dump them. I have converted in my mind to LED's.
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I have converted in my mind to LED's. That's nothing. I've converted in my mind to a retired millionaire. Just wait til the guys at work hear about this!!
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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I had no idea that they made LED light bulbs.
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LED's are great and prices are getting lower but who wants to spend $10 or more for a bulb that gets used 1 or 2 times a year per the OP? Yesterday I bought ten 60w equivalent (10 watt actual) LEDs for $1.00 a piece at the grocery store.
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Wally World 4 60w equivalent for 5.75 right now.
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Be careful to check service life ratings... the cheap ones are usually cheap for a reason...
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