Around half, now. I have been replacing the other bulbs (incandescent, CFL) with LED bulbs as they fail, and as the LED bulbs are coming down in price. I'm renting, so I will pull all the LEDs and replace them with CFLs when I leave.
Most of the inside, though at $5 for the floodlights, I'm going to go ahead and replace the other 5 outside floodlights with leds as well... (Only have 1/6 on LED outside.)
@thismyusername I tried an outdoor LED floodlight and because the carport is too exposed the bulb just failed. It's too bad because that's a security light that comes on all the time.
We have about 50% incandescent, with the other 50% LED and some crappy CFLs (weighted more toward LEDs). We got about three of this one type of bulb (I THINK it's incandescent; I'm not sure) that's timed to go off after thirty minutes. We bought those lights about ten years ago and they have yet to burn out. In contrast, one of our CFLs, because we installed it upside-down, burnt out the casing in less than a year. Thank you energy company, for sending us some CFLs; you really, REALLY shouldn't have.
The only LED lights we have right now are in the fish tanks. I think we have a mix of CFL and Incandescent. Our bulbs burn out way too frequently, though. We tried to mostly switch out to CFL a few years ago, but they were so much more expensive and we always seemed to be having problems with them. So, I've bought six of these and will see how we like them.
About 50% of the high-use lights. A lot of incandescents downstairs still. I replaced the halogen under-cabinet lights in the kitchen with LEDs. So now the bottom shelves aren't getting heated up any more which is nice. As the halogens in the stairway burn out, I'll replace them with LEDs now that they come in that form factor.
Only 2 left, in old ceiling fans with nonstandard sockets. Planning to just switch out the entire fan assembly next month, then it'll be all led, all the time
@simplersimon Odds are that a new fixture will have a smaller-than-standard base too. You can find candelabra (E12) CFLs and LEDs pretty easily; intermediate base (E17), not so much. Just buy some adapters; it'll be easier.
@narfcake yeah, but the old fans are annoyingly screech, so I planned to switch them out anyway, and I'm too lazy to switch out the bulb, then move it to a new fixture.
Everything except the light way up high over the stairwell that I'd need a cherry picker to change out. No idea what I'm going to do when it burns out.
@dave Costco sells some that can be used with a dimmer switch. I replaced all of them when we moved into the apartment total of 18 only 1 failed in the year we've been here (everywhere I've lived in VT CFL/LED go faster than they should.. I average 3-4 bulbs a year die with less than 1 year on them...)
@narfcake@VeeDubTDI Thanks. It's rough, I've got two of these, so 24 bulbs, but they're still about $10 apiece. I guess I'll get a 4 pack and start replacing them as they burn out, but ouch.
The overhead track lights are mostly converted to LED (The halogen ones they came with SUCKED.) except in the bedroom because I hardly use those. The couple of stand lamps all have CFLs still, and I have no idea what the ones are in the kitchen except they're really long and came with the place. Haven't had to change them yet. But the most commonly used ones are all LED or CFLs, and when eventually the CFLS die, I'll be replacing them with LEDs. I just can't be bothered until then.
Areas for reading are still incandescent, mostly the Verilux broad spectrum bulbs. We bought spares to last us a few decades before the ban hammer fell. The rest of the indoor bulbs for area lighting are "warm" CFL, switching to "warm" LED as they fail.
Outdoor lights went CFL years ago, then to LED recently, but we've found the environmental extremes reduce the life of both types (we've already had two outdoor rated LED bulbs fail in under 2 years). In addition the CFLs would barely glow even hours after being turned on when ambient temps dropped below zero. Some winters we had to put incandescents back into those fixtures...
The real problem with CFL and LED bulbs: they are pretty much all made in China, and they all have electronic circuits within them made in China, mostly to usual chinese 'standards' of quality. Buy a few million Cree emitters at discount (maybe previous generation) then buy a few million DC regulators at generic chinese junk factory, put them together and you have "Cree!" light bulbs to sell with emitters that are good for 30,000+ hours!!!! (and electronics that will fail when the humidity changes, or the temperature rises, or after being turned off and on a few dozen times).
Towards the end of the age of American light-bulb freedom of choice, all we could find in the stores were chinese made incandescents as the North American factories were forced to close... and as simple as incandescents are, the Chinese found ways to make them cheaper, shorter lived, flickery, and breakable when removed from the socket... and all that expertise is now going in to manufacturing LED bulbs...
95% conversion inside and out, everything except for the two bathrooms that have a single 4' fluorescent tube above the mirror (1954 baby, yeah!). Also the oven, the microwave, and the fridge.
If I wasn't broke I'd get a ton of these at this price. We replaced 20 bulbs last February, and they repaid themselves by June. Light is superior to cfl, and nobody knows they are led until told.
I still use whale oil lamps. Fuck Greenpeace.
This is a heck of a good deal......I just completed the change out at $8.00+ per bulb ! Took a full year to afford.
Around half, now. I have been replacing the other bulbs (incandescent, CFL) with LED bulbs as they fail, and as the LED bulbs are coming down in price. I'm renting, so I will pull all the LEDs and replace them with CFLs when I leave.
Most of the inside, though at $5 for the floodlights, I'm going to go ahead and replace the other 5 outside floodlights with leds as well... (Only have 1/6 on LED outside.)
@kazriko warning, the floods being sold here are indoor rated only!
@thismyusername Well, that's useful... Maybe I'll try one and see if it survives outside. I do live in a fairly dry climate.
Only the outdoor floods are incandescent, once the price point for performance gets better I will switch those out as well!
@thismyusername I tried an outdoor LED floodlight and because the carport is too exposed the bulb just failed. It's too bad because that's a security light that comes on all the time.
We have about 50% incandescent, with the other 50% LED and some crappy CFLs (weighted more toward LEDs). We got about three of this one type of bulb (I THINK it's incandescent; I'm not sure) that's timed to go off after thirty minutes. We bought those lights about ten years ago and they have yet to burn out. In contrast, one of our CFLs, because we installed it upside-down, burnt out the casing in less than a year.
Thank you energy company, for sending us some CFLs; you really, REALLY shouldn't have.
About 30% LEDs, 66% fluorescent/CFLs, and the remaining are incandescent (on the motion sensing lights).
It'll be a while before I switch everything over ... the CFLs were 8/$1 and I bought a case of them.
The only LED lights we have right now are in the fish tanks. I think we have a mix of CFL and Incandescent. Our bulbs burn out way too frequently, though. We tried to mostly switch out to CFL a few years ago, but they were so much more expensive and we always seemed to be having problems with them. So, I've bought six of these and will see how we like them.
I replaced all of my incandescent in my house with CFLs and LEDs. Going to swap out my most used CFLs with these new LEDs.
Mostly CFL, until these come in. Unless you count the couple of LED strings. Going to use on the high use ones, just like LeGoata does. ^^
About 50% of the high-use lights. A lot of incandescents downstairs still. I replaced the halogen under-cabinet lights in the kitchen with LEDs. So now the bottom shelves aren't getting heated up any more which is nice. As the halogens in the stairway burn out, I'll replace them with LEDs now that they come in that form factor.
Only 2 left, in old ceiling fans with nonstandard sockets. Planning to just switch out the entire fan assembly next month, then it'll be all led, all the time
@simplersimon Odds are that a new fixture will have a smaller-than-standard base too. You can find candelabra (E12) CFLs and LEDs pretty easily; intermediate base (E17), not so much. Just buy some adapters; it'll be easier.
@narfcake yeah, but the old fans are annoyingly screech, so I planned to switch them out anyway, and I'm too lazy to switch out the bulb, then move it to a new fixture.
Everything except the light way up high over the stairwell that I'd need a cherry picker to change out. No idea what I'm going to do when it burns out.
@mikey - This might help? http://www.amazon.com/Bayco-LBC-600SDLB-11-Feet-Light-Changer/dp/B001AH7CU8/ref=pd_sim_hi_1/189-6402703-2182032?ie=UTF8&refRID=16G45B2EDH3ZQ4BGZQH5
@KDemo I wish. It has an enclosure over it. I don't know what sadist designed this house.
@mikey This will work.http://www.genielift.com/en/products/scissor-lifts/slab-scissor-lifts/gs1930/index.htm
@mikey :-(
@mcanavino Wow! $1762 for shipping on Amazon!? Maybe I'll wait until they have this Prime eligible.
@mikey If you can wait 6 months, they'll drive it to you.
I use strands of Christmas lights. $3 a box mid season, $1.50 discount after season. 1 strand can light up a room.
@triplebud I'm not sure if you're joking, as I've got an acquaintance that does this, apparently this is a thing.
Are there decent LEDs that are shaped like this yet?
@dave Would these work? http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30217932/
@dave Costco sells some that can be used with a dimmer switch. I replaced all of them when we moved into the apartment total of 18 only 1 failed in the year we've been here (everywhere I've lived in VT CFL/LED go faster than they should.. I average 3-4 bulbs a year die with less than 1 year on them...)
@narfcake those aren't going to be bright enough for much more than decorative purposes. These guys, at 330 lumens, are a better choice: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Philips-40W-Equivalent-Soft-White-2700K-B13-Blunt-Tip-Candle-Dimmable-LED-Light-Bulb-4-Pack-435057/205362382?N=5yc1vZbm79Z1z0x2e1
@VeeDubTDI The fixture that @dave shows has 12 bulbs, so a lower wattage/dimmer bulb would be okay.
@narfcake @VeeDubTDI Thanks. It's rough, I've got two of these, so 24 bulbs, but they're still about $10 apiece. I guess I'll get a 4 pack and start replacing them as they burn out, but ouch.
@dave Wait until Ikea has a half-price sale, like maybe on Earth Day? They've done it before.
FWIW, they have some brighter ones too, but they're not all-clear like the one linked above.
The overhead track lights are mostly converted to LED (The halogen ones they came with SUCKED.) except in the bedroom because I hardly use those. The couple of stand lamps all have CFLs still, and I have no idea what the ones are in the kitchen except they're really long and came with the place. Haven't had to change them yet. But the most commonly used ones are all LED or CFLs, and when eventually the CFLS die, I'll be replacing them with LEDs. I just can't be bothered until then.
Areas for reading are still incandescent, mostly the Verilux broad spectrum bulbs. We bought spares to last us a few decades before the ban hammer fell. The rest of the indoor bulbs for area lighting are "warm" CFL, switching to "warm" LED as they fail.
Outdoor lights went CFL years ago, then to LED recently, but we've found the environmental extremes reduce the life of both types (we've already had two outdoor rated LED bulbs fail in under 2 years). In addition the CFLs would barely glow even hours after being turned on when ambient temps dropped below zero. Some winters we had to put incandescents back into those fixtures...
The real problem with CFL and LED bulbs: they are pretty much all made in China, and they all have electronic circuits within them made in China, mostly to usual chinese 'standards' of quality. Buy a few million Cree emitters at discount (maybe previous generation) then buy a few million DC regulators at generic chinese junk factory, put them together and you have "Cree!" light bulbs to sell with emitters that are good for 30,000+ hours!!!! (and electronics that will fail when the humidity changes, or the temperature rises, or after being turned off and on a few dozen times).
Towards the end of the age of American light-bulb freedom of choice, all we could find in the stores were chinese made incandescents as the North American factories were forced to close... and as simple as incandescents are, the Chinese found ways to make them cheaper, shorter lived, flickery, and breakable when removed from the socket... and all that expertise is now going in to manufacturing LED bulbs...
95% conversion inside and out, everything except for the two bathrooms that have a single 4' fluorescent tube above the mirror (1954 baby, yeah!). Also the oven, the microwave, and the fridge.
If I wasn't broke I'd get a ton of these at this price. We replaced 20 bulbs last February, and they repaid themselves by June. Light is superior to cfl, and nobody knows they are led until told.