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@ScottiesTech Жыл бұрын
@@profvonshredder2563 That seems like a logical conclusion, but you never know! It should indicate somewhere on the box (or in the box) how to wire the thing. Just to be sure...
@ScottiesTech Жыл бұрын
@@profvonshredder2563 AHA! Then I'd feel pretty confident it's single-ended.
@saracuda12 жыл бұрын
I bought 30 single ended LED's. So far, I've put 5 icons up on my screen from YT on how to wire them up. After watching you I am going to delete all of them and just leave yours. Wish all the other YT'ers were as good and thorough as you. Thanks.
@wonyoon19312 жыл бұрын
I watched many LED conversion videos, AND this is the best. As an engineer, I have to know why then how.
@cybernoid0012 жыл бұрын
I agree, My lights died recently and I didn't want florescent replacements so I want to convert to LED and a lot of the videos out there are dated and are of poor image and audio quality and also explanation, this video was crisp in video and audio and very simply stated but also very informative on how the process works.
@charlieroger29794 ай бұрын
Thanks to your description of the different types of fluorescent fixtures I was able to determine that mine were shunted and was able to remove the ballast and get the correct bulbs.
@ScottiesTech4 ай бұрын
WOOHOO!!! 😁
@johnsmith-sw7ii13 күн бұрын
Kudos!! Best explanation I've seen on KZbin on how to do this!!
@jasonf61823 жыл бұрын
Was hesitant to try this ...but after watching this video I am very confident...clear concise and very well explained. Thanks a million for this. Best regards from Canada 🇨🇦
@JimE62432 жыл бұрын
This was by far the easiest how to understand on this subject. Many I have watched didn't even indicate there were two types of bulbs. Thanks!!
@gerritdutoit48339 ай бұрын
Professor Scottie! This must be, by far, the best, most explainable, easiest understandable, conversion presentation I came across on YT. Congrats on your explanation and footage...it really is the best! Guys like you, makes dummies like me feel better about ourselves and life much easier! ☺
@mfernandes89453 ай бұрын
Thank you for the thourough explanation Scottie! I actually understood everything!!
@artofverity87913 жыл бұрын
Scotty, you're a great hacker! Smart too. Some research shows that led lights harm the light receiving rods inside our eyes.
@ScottiesTech3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the blue light thing... I did an experiment once with 'blue-blocker' glasses. I didn't notice any difference at all. That's just me, tho... I can sit in front of a computer screen until right before bed, and then just zonk out instantly. It IS true that the spectrum of light from most LED bulbs is different, but it's also true that the spectrum is becoming more and more 'friendly' as time goes on. There's no such thing as a 'white' LED, so they have to do sort of like phosphor coating tricks (like in fluo bulbs) to turn the non-white LED light into actual 'white' light. That's been getting better over time. I suppose it depends to a large extent on the bulb, your eyes, and your particular brain!
@waltp33732 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation. I needed to know the difference between shunted and non-shunted (dual ended & single ended). Thanks.
@ChrisWilliams-vm1do5 ай бұрын
Just went to Home Depot and got the GE type A/B LEDs. Pulled out the ballasts, joined all the wires on each side, and applied line and neutral to opposite ends. Super easy. No need to worry about wires, tombstones or anything. BTW, Home Depot told me they will not be selling anymore fluorescent bulbs once they sell their current inventory.
@pauljewell29392 жыл бұрын
I've installed 5 Philips single ended LED T8 tubes here in the UK. I much prefer to use series wiring. This means that if the lamp is fitted the 'wrong way' around it will still operate okay. For single-ended use Philips should have provided a label to indicate the importance of connecting the power to the correct end. People replacing fluorescent tubes in the past didn't have to worry!
@ScottiesTech2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that would be a much more sensible standard.
@parkiskennedy501224 күн бұрын
Other videos show how. Your video shows why. Your schematic drawings make it clear to me why I am connecting the various wires together. It is sort of like pulling out a road atlas before relying upon my navigation device. I can actually see where I'm going rather than simply making turns.
@andrew419803 жыл бұрын
Good morning Cletus and Scottie! Coffee and a video, I’m a day late but I made it 👍🖖🏻
@JBA-eb3il4 ай бұрын
Great video with easy to follow instructions. Thank you! 😊
@MrXcrt2 жыл бұрын
That was the best video on converting Florescent to LED ! Big learning lesson here ! Thx for sharing the info
@jennifersiagian3 жыл бұрын
Still watching ..... BUT I made it easier.. I was lucky (blessed even) and I found a whole box of the incandescent bulbs on the curb.. I use them and put small paper bag as a light shade.. my place is full of sweet orange light as it should be.. I have enough o these bulbs i figure to last me 5 +ears the way I use light
@abnormalways3 жыл бұрын
jealous!!
@ZodiacSam2 жыл бұрын
So five years of waste. Jackass
@dennish43042 жыл бұрын
With a double ended tube it doesn't matter if the tombstones are shunted or non-shunted. I prefer double ended since rewiring is easier and you can place the LED tube ends in either direction and if you accidentally put a fluorescent tube in a fixture rewired for dual ended LED tubes nothing will happen.
@ScottiesTech2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, good point!
@antonios4926 Жыл бұрын
The LED tubes a bought are double ended too. We only have on-shunted tombstones in the UK. I get live does to the one side and neutral to the other. Can the live or neutral just be connected to the one side of the tombstone?
@Tendertroll17 ай бұрын
Yeah I am going to get double ended, it’s too complicated
@mikemallen93782 жыл бұрын
Very useful, fantastic clear presentation, thank you.
@edsteinmetz33288 ай бұрын
Excellent video with great explanations .... & illustrations .. Thank you for sharing.
@feliztx2 жыл бұрын
This is the most in depth video on this topic I’ve come across. Great job!!! Subscribed….
@OutyMan3 жыл бұрын
For color temperature, I prefer 4000k. My whole house is 4000k. Everything less is going to be yellow, but 4000k is this nice, clean white that is like a skylight at noon all day. 5000k is like a cold, blue dead planet feel. I don't really even like this type of light in work spaces--It's draining. 6000k is so dang blue, it feels dark, and you cannot appreciate the differences between colors of objects in the room--They all become a desaturated blue.
@mcplutt3 жыл бұрын
3000k is also nice
@tanlh89202 жыл бұрын
Best video so far.
@vikingtu Жыл бұрын
This is the best video I have watched on this subject. Congratulations! Yes, I like, subscribe and share this with friends. Wow! Great job! Thank you so much!!!!!👍
@user-uq2cs9zs6r9 ай бұрын
Very good video. Extremely informative and very well presented, I have learned a lot. It was so good that I have subscribed to the channel. Easily the best video that I have seen.
@wulfclaw4921 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Greg Brady ! 😎
@awtistiaeth46992 жыл бұрын
very clear. thanks. You have a great delivery style btw.
@bthjf120033 ай бұрын
Very clear - thank you so much.
@kerrygleeson44093 жыл бұрын
This is the best video on this subject clear and easy to understand thanks a lot great job 🦘🇦🇺👍
@aubinroland13913 жыл бұрын
LED light and fluorescent are bad for health, the save in energy is not worth it. Sleep quality is important and are eyes too. Would like to hear you on this topic. Thanks you for your content, l like the channel.
@arisoda3 жыл бұрын
How the fk could they be bad for your health
@a.i.gorerithmit4563 жыл бұрын
I totally 2nd that; Scottie should do a show about the topic. One of my ex's had seizure problems with fluorescent lights (flicker-rate), I now wonder if she has those same problems with LEDs.
@jeanbaptist62553 жыл бұрын
Led is the technology. The problems related to daylight color. Try using warmer color (2700k) lighting for bedroom and living room. Daylight color is really good for work areas because its the same color as the 12am sun. It keeps us awake.
@aubinroland13913 жыл бұрын
@@jeanbaptist6255 I am not an expert, but I saw that the color intensity is not the same and this technology release electricity trash (radiation) that incandescent doesn't. A radio next to a fluorescent or led light work's bad.
@jeanbaptist62553 жыл бұрын
@@aubinroland1391 i am a electronic engineering. If yor LED light are emitteing any amount of EMF in the lower end of the spectrum(3mhz-30ghz). Go to ikea and get new ones that isn't a smart bulb. The flicker rate in florescent come from the wall (60hz in NA) the flikker is noticeable when the capasitor charge and discharge rate is mismatch. I wouldn't attempt to DIY the circuit. Its a simple ressister fix tho. Someone close to you maybe able to re spec the circuit.
@adammarshall1830 Жыл бұрын
just for ease of handling and making the fitting lighter to work with and hang, we always remove the ballast, which also has some small value if weighed at a scrap metal merchant, otherwise can't fault the video!
@ScottiesTech Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I actually remove the ballasts, too. No point just letting it sit there and do nothing when you can get some bucks for it.
@mikesmith5139 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your excellent explanation. Very helpful.
@milutzuk Жыл бұрын
"bal-bla-bla, it's very complicated" - then uncomplicate it! Because even the incandescent bulb can be a complex thing to explain (do you hear me, Mr. Boltzmann?). A low-pressure mercury tube, in its classical configuration, with a starter and a ballast, has a 2-step turn-on process. Those 2 steps are controlled by the starter. The reason is that the Mercury (Hg) within the tube cannot be convinced to be excited by the mains voltage (110 or 230V here in the EU) and de-excite as light at the starting conditions within the tube (pressure, temperature, composition). Step1: The starter turn on the heater (filaments). That should vaporize some of the Hg and heat the gas within the tube. Meanwhile, the ballast (basically a big coil) is accumulating energy while acting as a limiter for the current. Step2: The starter is turning off the heater. Because the connection is cut abruptly, the energy stored in the ballast should go somewhere, and it goes to the tube as a high-voltage spike. That spike ignites the discharge within the gas (Argon if I'm not mistaken), which, in turn, initiates the excitation of Hg atoms. And that produces light, mainly in the form of UV light, which is converted to visible light by that white powder that coats the tube. (Replace the glass tube, which is opaque to uv light, with a quartz tube, transparent to uv light, don't add that powder and you have in your hands a germicidal lamp). After that, the ballast acts only as a limiter for the current. It's that big because it's designed to operate at the main frequency (50Hz or 60Hz) That's the classical configuration for the low-pressure Hg discharge tubes. The electronic ballasts operate at higher frequencies and that allows for better efficiency (the classical ballast dump a lot of the energy as heat), much less flicker, instant turn-on and, depending on the actual schematics, a certain degree of dimming capabilities, working with supplies with a bigger voltage range (or even with DC) and even working with broken filaments. Anyway, regarding this video, great job mate! I started the conversion to LED when the first tubes appeared here in Romania so I can appreciate the effort you put into it. Personally, I prefer to remove completely the ballast and the starter, completely rewire the appliance, and, with a permanent marker, write a note inside it if I used single-ended or double-ended tubes. That should make things easier for whoever comes after me to replace the LED tubes.
@hasnaindattu41362 жыл бұрын
the best info in utube very well explained THANKS
@timlist4173 Жыл бұрын
So, is this considered Type A or Type B? Also I take it the tombstone is unshunted.
@lestercooper1871 Жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation .Thank You .
@antonios4926 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. It looks like we only have Non-shunted tombstones (4 connections) in the UK. So if i have 4 tubes do i wire say the live on the one end and neutral on the other, as u discribed. 4 connections keep say live to the left and neutral to the right of the tombstones???? Difficult to explain.
@ScottiesTech Жыл бұрын
Not sure I understand, but we have mostly non-shunted tombstones here. So, for every upgrade I did, I removed everything from the fixture, disconnected the wires from one tombstone for each tube, and then for the other tombstone I wired neutral to one pin and live to the other. That means most LED tubes must be inserted with the "active" end on one side the fixture (i.e. the label side of the tube towards the live/neutral tombstone), but it also means simpler wiring since it's more like a normal lightbulb. I'm finding a greater selection of single-ended LED tubes, so that also gives greater flexibility when I need to buy replacement tubes in the future!
@antonios4926 Жыл бұрын
@@ScottiesTech Thanks for the reply.
@euniceinziani2347 ай бұрын
Great very much educative
@ccv3237 Жыл бұрын
Excellent explaining. Thanks!
@flat-earther3 жыл бұрын
I only use incandescent bulbs because LED/fluorescent causes dirty electricity and blue light. Better stock up on them they are getting scarce!
@fdworld47844 ай бұрын
Best explanation🎉
@Mikein2033 жыл бұрын
I honestly love your channel. I learn so much. Please always while you have it in you continue making fantastic videos!. I've sent so many people to this channel. Do you have a back up just in case or newsletter? Thanks and keep up the great work 💪
@ScottiesTech3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I also have a duplicate channel: odysee.com/@ScottiesTechInfo You can also subscribe to E-mail Notifications on my web site (left column) and also push notifications (red bell in the lower right corner of the screen). Those notifications will always arrive since they are sent by my web site running on my server - which actually works! ;) So no matter where I post content, it will always be on my web site and you'll always be informed of updates.
@RaechelleJ3 жыл бұрын
@@ScottiesTech thanks
@Mikein2033 жыл бұрын
@@ScottiesTech thank you very much!
@rubenpalmer35343 жыл бұрын
Excellent video.
@DP-hy4vh Жыл бұрын
Double ended LEDs will likely be the standard because you can't make any mistakes rewiring the fixture or installing the tubes.
@Fr.VeniceLAI Жыл бұрын
Nice !. good explanation.
@rosemountbomber2 жыл бұрын
How would I rewire this if the tombstones were shunted? TIA
@franciscojavierestrada758511 ай бұрын
One end to neutral other to line
@MaleAdaptor3 жыл бұрын
I actually prefer ordinary Flourescent tubes. I have lot of them in my garage. Who know in the future ...
@lurkerrekrul Жыл бұрын
My kitchen has a circular fluorescent ring, and no visible starter that I can see. It's also quite touchy in that when I flip the switch, 98% of the time, it doesn't come on. At the very least, I have to tap it and at worst, I have to wiggle it around and even wiggle the plastic part that joins the ends of the tube and which contains the connectors where it plugs in. It used to be that I could just hold my hand next to it and it would come on, but now I always have to physically touch it. As a general rule, I have nothing against LED bulbs and have them in all my other lights, however I do dislike the fact that the LEDs in them are all connected in series, so that if a single LED out of 10-15 burns out, none of them work. To me, that seems like a blatant case of planned obsolescence. They could have easily created the bulbs with them wired in parallel, and the bulbs would last MUCH longer.
@island432302 жыл бұрын
Good stuff, thank you!
@Tendertroll1 Жыл бұрын
Why didn’t you just buy a new led light fixture?
@ScottiesTech Жыл бұрын
They're CRAZY expensive here.
@michaelbarrett2346 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@harwoods119 ай бұрын
What brand led tubes would you recommend for quality and price?
@ScottiesTech9 ай бұрын
Well, here in Europe, I usually get Osram or Philips. The rest are okay, but they don't last as long.
@gail69043 ай бұрын
hello I am a bit confused because my old flourescent bulb only had one pin at each end..my floruscent holder had one BULB and ONE BALLAST with three wires (ONE WHITE, ONE BLACK, AND ONE BLUE..I removed the ballast but do i have to change the TOMBSTONES??? Do they make LED bulbs with ONE pin?? Also how do i rewire with BALLAST REMOVED..some say you must hook diff . if u had an instant start ballast..please help thanks
@ScottiesTech3 ай бұрын
So far, I haven't found any single-pin LED tubes... so you may have to change the tombstones!
@gail69043 ай бұрын
@@ScottiesTech hey scotty do the new LED tubes come with tombstones?
@DavidByers1eye3 жыл бұрын
Thank You . . .
@TheRotorhound3 жыл бұрын
So, you used a single ended bulb here but do you think one type is better than another? I am working with old 48” t12 fixtures, tombstones appear non shunted, looks like it is easy enough to shunt all of each side by connecting all wires on one side together and same on other end. Hot to one side,neutral to other. Is there an advantage to buying one type of bulb vs another assuming you have non shunted tombstones. Very nice video.
@ScottiesTech3 жыл бұрын
Not really. It's more a question of the type of fixture and the need to re-wire or not. Otherwise, the single vs double-ended tubes are the same thing internally.
@rejeanwolfe37562 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, and informative explanation….. I have just bought. A box of 2 T8 del tubes from Costco. How can I identify a Single or Double side connection? Tks a lot for responding.
@ScottiesTech2 жыл бұрын
It should tell you one way or another in the included instructions.
@ianandmaureen95182 жыл бұрын
Changed a 5' fluorescent tube to an LED baton. Each time it is switched on it flashes on and off, not a flicker, a definite on and off. What have I done wrong?
@ScottiesTech2 жыл бұрын
Well, if you wired correctly, it's probably a bad LED tube. It happens.
@robertlumsden9423 жыл бұрын
is the single ping blubs much different. my current are single pin not the double pin you have there.
@ronmansfield31442 жыл бұрын
My fixture has four bulbs, two ballasts and non-shunted tombstones. Red, blue and yellow wires running everywhere. Not sure what to do can you advise?
@ScottiesTech2 жыл бұрын
Your best bet is to remove the 2 ballasts, and then you can wire each bulb for whatever kind of LED bulb you want to use. Yeah, I know - that doesn't help much - but it should be more clear how once the ballasts and all the unneeded wires are removed. Then you can do either single or double-ended LED tubs/bulbs.
@melissanative17993 жыл бұрын
I THOUGHT LED LIGHTING CAN DAMAGE EYES AND HEALTH?
@finned958 Жыл бұрын
Now do it upside down on the ceiling. If you’re going to that much trouble, just replace the fixture. I broke the tubes to fit into the trash. Oh well.
@jeffheller5702 жыл бұрын
I just tried this on my aquarium light. I get a very dim light. What could be the problem?
@ScottiesTech2 жыл бұрын
Weird... The voltage to the bulb is the full 120/230Vac (depending on where you live)? I suppose the bulb could be faulty, but usually that means it won't work at all.
@topgrain Жыл бұрын
Is this in Europe, or somewhere other than the U.S?
@ScottiesTech Жыл бұрын
The lights I showed are from Europe. As far as I know, they're the same everywhere.
@dalehalls55302 жыл бұрын
I was wondering if you install the bulb the wrong direction does it do any damage to the bulb at all. on the single-ended Non-shunted type?
@ScottiesTech2 жыл бұрын
It depends on the bulb, but usually the non-connected end pins are just there to hold the bulb and are not connected to anything inside the tube. So, putting the tube in backwards will just mean your light won't turn on.
@gfx20065 ай бұрын
@@ScottiesTech If the unused pins on the single ended tube is shorted (like you mentioned in the bonus section of your video), wouldn't that short out the L and N if the fixture is wired with L and N on the label end, and the user insert the tube the wrong way?
@ScottiesTech5 ай бұрын
@@gfx2006 Yes, which is why you really don't want to do that. :) That's the way I rewired all my fluorescent fixtures (L+N at one end). Then I used a magic marker and labeled the fixture with a big 'X' on one end, and 'AC' on the other. Hopefully, that will prevent future "Oopsy" events...
@train4905 Жыл бұрын
Awsome😊😊
@hardware4computer Жыл бұрын
I have double ended Osram tubes from 2018 (ST8P SubstiTUBE Pure). Fixture holds 2 tubes. I wired L to all pins on 1 side and N to all pins on the other side. When I plug it in lights will not work. I measure 230V between both sides. Tested the tubes in another fixture I didn’t convert yet to make sure they still work and they do. No idea what’s wrong. If each end of the tube is connected to 230V it should work, no? I am tempted to simply connect L and N to each side (without tombstones) to test. Do both pins on each side need to be connected? In my fixture I have 4 ‘connections’ on each side (2 per tube). I measured between each connection on 1 side and connection on the other side and all show 230V AC. Any idea/clue why my LED tubes will not light up? Greetings from Belgium!
@ScottiesTech Жыл бұрын
Are you sure they're double-ended tubes? I looked up that Osram model and couldn't find any info about their 'endedness'... Normally, both pins on each side of the tube are shorted together internally, so if you put Live on one end (even to only 1 pin) and Neutral on the other end, they should work.
@hardware4computer Жыл бұрын
There’s no label or marking saying they are single-ended tubes. When using them in an old fixture I just need to replace the starter, which is just a piece of wire. I will do some extra research and maybe contact Osram. Thanks for your input!
@hardware4computer Жыл бұрын
I checked the tubes again with the flashlight on my phone. On one end (where the text is printed) I saw something that looks like some components on a piece of plastic that sticks to the inside of the tube. Then the LED strip that runs along the tube and nothing more on the other end. So I figured these tubes had to be single-ended. Rewired my fixture so each tombstone on 1 side had L & N and it worked 😎 Osram didn’t bother to label it so you can mount it in any direction with the dummy starter. Basically same as you explained in the bonus section. Thanks for your video, it is indeed one of the best I found on this topic. Take care
@DY-Hak1 Жыл бұрын
Probably easier to just change the whole fixture.
@88KeysIdaho Жыл бұрын
Maybe easier, but a LOT more expensive. A pair of new LED bulbs cost between $15-$20. A new fixtures would be about 4 times that, based on my shopping experience.
@ronniecardy3 жыл бұрын
Easy peazy
@nywvblue3 жыл бұрын
I always get excited thinking “I can handle this!” and then I realize I’m not an electrician. My fluorescent studio light will continue to mock me.
@ScottiesTech3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, you do have to be comfortable with taking things apart and rewiring a bit... There's just no getting around that part, unfortunately. You could draft a handyman friend or family member... That's what I'd do. I'd just say, "Look, I'd like to do this myself, but I have no intention of electrocuting myself accidentally. So if you do this for me, I'll do BLAH for you." Everyone can't be good at everything, and that way everyone goes home happy (and alive). ;)
@nywvblue3 жыл бұрын
@@ScottiesTech RIGHT YOU ARE. I do bake a good pie and design business cards worth keeping... Lead with your strengths! :)
@adamsonlinearrayspeakersha873 жыл бұрын
Hello
@chickentender40373 жыл бұрын
Don't like LED, they hurt my eyes. But I am going to install LED for my seed starts.
@robin53823 жыл бұрын
Just buy candles.
@ScottiesTech3 жыл бұрын
Check! Just be sure to get good quality ones. Otherwise, they melt into wax puddles as they burn. I can't stand crap candles...
@antimarxistza Жыл бұрын
After upgrading the highways around Johannesburg in South Africa, the government has designed to fund the upgrades with electronic tolls. Citizens have cumulative decided not to go along with this.we have not registered for the prepaid device, which was supposed to be in our cars, and we ignored the stacks of bills that were posted to us every month for thousands of Rands and government had to give it up. They could not possibly summance all of us and take us all to court. It would have taken hundreds of years and costed billions. Simply mailing out the monthly bills with almost no one paying, led to them running out of money to even do that. So Citizens were not consulted, did not agree, so we killed etolls. It can be done. Don't participate.
@andriesquast20283 жыл бұрын
I stripped a laptop and retrieved a Bluetooth unit, a WLAN thingie, a usb unit, a mousepad, a processor,speakers, a dvd drive, something else, and a tiny amount of gold. And the screen. With camera.
@songlist49052 жыл бұрын
The most confusing this far!
@earlgibbs70833 жыл бұрын
LED lighting is energy-efficient like florescent lighting but the drawback is the quality of the light itself on human health. The light itself varies depending on the bulb, but as a general rule of thumb I've been informed from reliable sources it's damaging to the eyes over time. Apparently, incandescent lighting is closest to natural lighting. Can you give us a more detailed lowdown on the quality of LED lighting and its impact on the health of the earth's life forms?
@ScottiesTech3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's rather complicated from what I can tell. Incandescent bulbs are 2700K, which is very much 'red' light - hence the reddish tinge in old-school photography. Sunlight is actually around 5500K. But then if you buy a 5500K LED bulb, it doesn't seem like sunlight. The reason apparently is because the total spectrum of light is very different. I'm also not sure about the blue light thing... I tried wearing blue-blockers and I literally noticed no difference. But I know quite a few people who had a HUGE difference in sleep quality when they reduced their blue light exposure. I'm also not sure about eye damage. For example, does the presence of glasses or contacts reduce or increase that damage? Obviously, we're talking about visible light here and not UV, but... I really don't know!!
@emilybh62553 жыл бұрын
I don't know why anyone would WANT LED lights. They are terrible for your eyesight.
@ScottiesTech3 жыл бұрын
Well, aside from the huge power savings, I didn't really want them... But at this point, I have no choice. Older bulbs simply aren't sold anymore. And the ones that ARE available online are uber-cheap and burn out in no time.
@emilybh62553 жыл бұрын
@@ScottiesTech They are starting to make incandescents again. Home Depot carries them. I would ALWAYS check the potential health dangers before buying any electrical gadget. Everyone should have an EMF monitor to see how much dirty electricity is being put out by the gadget/fixture into the living environment. I wouldn't be surprised if the more something is hyped up as being "energy efficient or convenient, time saving etc", the worse it is for your health.
@ScottiesTech3 жыл бұрын
@@emilybh6255 Home Depot, really?? Well, over here in France, they are strictly forbidden. That's supposed to be called 'progress', I guess.
@emilybh62553 жыл бұрын
@@ScottiesTech Well at least in France they aren't trying to cook everyone with cell tower radiation the way they are here. They are one of the few countries with low maximum amounts of radiation emissions allowed from cell towers of I think it is 10 microwatts per sq millimeter whereas in the UK and the US they allow 500 or half the strength of a microwave oven if I'm not mistaken. I also read that in France they have removed Wi-fi from libraries and put in ethernet instead. Although I suppose nowadays with everyone obediently locking themselves up in their homes, libraries are probably closed. Here is something on the radiation they are exposing us to. www.magdahavas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/AMERICAN-INDUSTRIAL-HYGIENE-ASSOCIATION-JOURNAL-A-Review-of-International-Microwave-Exposure-Gu.pdf
@greenbeacon3943 жыл бұрын
The cooler temperatures are easier on the eye, when in an enclosure they’re defused more, and last but not least don’t buy them from the “dollar store”
@fake7343 жыл бұрын
LED lights are bad for our eyes and a host of other negatives !
@RAM30123 Жыл бұрын
Too much info, get to the point!
@jimmoss958410 ай бұрын
Are you in someone's basement?
@ScottiesTech10 ай бұрын
It's a sort-of-renovated room on the 2nd floor of a 450yo house. That hand-made brick wall is 2 feet thick. They don't make them like they used to...