The one pictured is my bedroom light.
I want to use sodium-vapor lamps one day.
Surely not as a primary source of light in your home?
No.
Replaced all of those about 10 years back. These days, the choice is between dumb LED bulbs and smart LED bulbs.
I told myself I was going to replace them with LEDs once they break. The problem is that they never do. The ones in my grandparent’s house are around 40 years old and I think only one went out in all those years.
Kinda relevant Veritasium Video about how older lightbulbs were better
It completely ignores the reason for the 1000 hour decision. You could always make bulbs that last forever. You just had to make the filament thicker. As it thickens, the efficiency drops, and by a lot.
1000 hours was decided as an even balance between longevity and efficiency. Some utility companies would even give away 1000 hour bulbs just to keep people from connecting 2500 hour bulbs, which would’ve used a bunch more power.
For a much deeper dive, obligatory Technology Connections video on the subject: https://youtu.be/zb7Bs98KmnY
There’s an incandescent bulb in the fume hood in my kitchen, i think maybe my microwave too? I have some flurescent bulbs kicking around, but they’re phasing them out where i live, i think from next year you wont be able to buy them new in australia (good riddance)
I use exclusively Philips Hue color bulbs. Cant tolerate that kind of light nor lights that arent customizable by palette
No, except my lava lamps take a specific filament bulb. And those just get used for parties
Are the oven LEDs specialty?
I’ve definitely seen melted bulbs before…
Right? When mine went, I found an LED bulb for like a dollar and a half thinking, this can’t possibly hold. But so far, it’s held up for 2 years.
Took old bulb to a store that just sells light bulbs and they gave me these led equivalents. Been a few years and still working. Oven has glass covers that seal over the bulbs.
Hell, most if not all of the lighting in my apartment is LED.
Between 8 rooms (counting the hallway and both bathrooms), theres only 5 fixtures that accept ‘bulbs’. 4 table lamps and the light in the vent hood over the stove. Everything else is ‘non-servicable’ lighting like LED boards built into full fixtures (celing lights), LED tape lights (under counter/shelf lights), and some string lights that nobody can be bothered to take down after xmas.
I haven’t had to replace a dead light in at least 8 years though.
Got a few, flourescents like that, and t4s. The t4s are slated for conversion. The only incandescents left would be a couple of appliance lights, and one old nightlight. I have quite a few incandescents floating around that aren’t in use, as well as a box of t4s.
I have a case of assorted Edison base incandescent bulbs. They’re good for lots of little things like the lamp over the record player to illuminate the strobe dots on the edge of the platter.
They’re also invaluable as parts for a dim bulb tester. You really can’t do that as quickly or effectively with any other technology.
My favorite reading lamp is a tiny little 7.5w incandescent that puts out a cozy light.
Yes, but only in locations the original hasn’t broken or is in a place can’t get the led replacement in (damn you super high ceilings)
I just replaced the one in my stove hood. It was a weird specialty.
I think there’s one in my basement that rarely gets used.
For my sauna I have an oven-style filament bulb. Newer stuff can’t take the heat.
We’ve completely switched to LEDs right when they became available. Taken together with all the other electricity savings that we have been doing, our electricity bill is 75% below what I hear from friends.
Until they burn out, yeah.
We’ve got some in the bathroom that are still chugging along, but we replace everything with led as they fail
Edit: in the house.
Car lights aren’t led because the ones available for my car suck.
I have flashlights that aren’t led, but only some old and cheap ones that never get used.
Garage door motors use normal bulbs for some reason. Explicitly says to.
Incandescent bulbs are not “normal” any more by any definition of the word. Anything that still uses them is simply outdated.
They were only the norm for 110 years, after all.
Certain types of lighting can interfere with the radio signal to open/close. It’s kind of like how microwave popcorn always says to not use the popcorn button.
Try it and see. I’ve had a CFL and an LED in mine for years, no issues.
I hate the light temp. Just the picture is enough already.
