100W - 110V Lightbulb Replacement???

[MSaxatilus]

Does anyone know if there are LED replacement bulbs for a standard 60W to 100W household lightbulb? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] I'd like to switch out my standard incan. light over my workbench with a LED light if one exists. Any insight would be greatly apprecieated. Thanks!

[Fat]

Its going to cost a bomb if there is.Will need many years more before leds can be economically and high wattage enought for general lightnings replacement .Cost of a typical lightbulb is still hard to beat ,right now people are already comtemplating on a 3x priced energy saving bulb replacement so that makes leds household bulbs quite a distant thing i think.but.....who knows

[The_LED_Museum]

The only 110-120 volt AC replacement bulb I've tried has proven to be unreliable. It's marketed as a "spotlight", not as a diffuse light blub like ordinary bulbs are.
My page on it is right here if you're interested.

[HarryN]

Cree and Lumileds have shown (at LED conferences) 1000 lumen white LED packages. This is nominally equiv. to 60 watt bulbs. The Cree version looked a lot like a light bulb shape, covered with small LEDs. The Lumileds version looked like an oversize Luxeon.

As far as I know, these are not yet available - and yes, I did try to buy them.

I did see at a trade show last year a 100 watt equivalent LED based package with the same form factor as a cove light. - only (gulp) $ 2,000. It was UL rated, etc, but outside of my budget.

Short term, I would go fluorescent (kills me to say).

[idleprocess]

The market for drop-in 110V incadescent replacement "bulbs" is really limited right now - mainly emergency exit signs.

They're costly because they're sold as labor-savers and for code compliance.

[MSaxatilus]

Gotcha. Thanks guys. I guess I was getting a bit ahead of myself.

I guess the good old Guiness Neon will have to stay! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[mcchris]

on pg 110 in the june 2004 issue of pupolar mechanics, there is a section entilted "The Bright Stuff" that lists an LED bulb made by westinghouse that puts out 100W of light. Its says that the bulb is good for 80,000 hrs and the retail was estimated at $40. its says that you can contact westing house at http://www.westinghouselighting.com/ . i will post a scan of the article when i get off work at 4:30.

http://chrisbeam.solarbotics.net/article.pdf <<link to article

[flashlightDR]

Check out This CPF thread....

[Niko]

Prolly not exactly what you're looking for, but kinda cool none the less. Dock-LED [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif[/img]

[Joel]

If you can use a "Flood Lamp" type light I would highly recommend a bulb called the "Genura" by General Electric. It uses radio waves to excite the phosphor in the bulb. It uses about 23 watts of electricity and puts out the same amount of light as a 75 watt incandescent bulb. I put one in our elevator lobby three years ago and it's been working 24/7 without any problems and it will probably last several more years. Cost is about $40 but I found some on eBay a long time ago for $16, one of the best investments I've ever made in a lighting product. The light temperature is also nice, they have both a warm white and cool white bulb.

[The_LED_Museum]

I looked on Ebay for the term "Genura" and came up empty.
Are there any other sources for this blub?

[Canuke]

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Joel said:
If you can use a "Flood Lamp" type light I would highly recommend a bulb called the "Genura" by General Electric. It uses radio waves to excite the phosphor in the bulb.

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That can't be technically correct... radio waves? Gawd, a 23W transmitter would have to be licensed with the FCC, wouldn't it?

Here's a link... it says that it's "induction" technology rather than radio waves. So, I guess it uses a varying magnetic field to induce current in the glowing element?

The Genura

About the only thing that I can see that might make it more competitive with CFL is if it were dimmable, but the link doesn't say.

[markdi]

this says the genura operates at 2.5 mhz

http://www.lamptech.co.uk/Spec%20Sheets/GE%20Genura.htm

[Zelandeth]

Okay...someone beat me to the Lamptech link! Markdi, just linked to the page I was going to.