jtr1962
Flashaholic
I know there have already been some tentative steps into the market to produce an LED incandescent replacement but I think this sounds very interesting.
Two things I thought made this different:
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Lighting Science said an ODL R-30 bulb consumes only 5.6 watts and can replace 65-watt incandescent and 15-watt fluorescent bulbs. Compared to existing incandescent units, the ODL lamps reduce energy usage by almost 90% for the same end lumens, with a useful life up to 25 times longer (50,000 hours).
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Another drawback to LEDs, color shift, was solved by using red, green, and blue LEDs to produce a white light.
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Capable of emitting either warm white or ambient light....
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I wonder if the bulb has a sensor that can adjust the color to match ambient light. In any case a bulb that emits the user's choice of color temperatures is one area I long thought where LEDs would shine (pun intended). This would make it cheaper to sell and produce these since only one model of each size would need to be stocked, instead of multiple color temperatures as with current CFLs.
Cost is $33.
Two things I thought made this different:
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Lighting Science said an ODL R-30 bulb consumes only 5.6 watts and can replace 65-watt incandescent and 15-watt fluorescent bulbs. Compared to existing incandescent units, the ODL lamps reduce energy usage by almost 90% for the same end lumens, with a useful life up to 25 times longer (50,000 hours).
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and
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Another drawback to LEDs, color shift, was solved by using red, green, and blue LEDs to produce a white light.
.
.
Capable of emitting either warm white or ambient light....
[/ QUOTE ]
I wonder if the bulb has a sensor that can adjust the color to match ambient light. In any case a bulb that emits the user's choice of color temperatures is one area I long thought where LEDs would shine (pun intended). This would make it cheaper to sell and produce these since only one model of each size would need to be stocked, instead of multiple color temperatures as with current CFLs.
Cost is $33.