L.E.D. transfomation.

[sissy]

lowes here had LED bulbs for 99 a piece and I picked up a lot of them for this house and the other house .Since the log cabin is off grid i bought some for my friend John because the log cabin has solar panels since it way off grid .He had CFL and they were useless .Found out something while there camera batteries don't work very good .They drain out real fast

 

[peter hillman]

As some-one who works in the lighting industry, can I please suggest you exercise extreme care with fluorescent LED tubes. Most on the market require you to remove the fluorescent control gear and wire the mains supply directly to the lamp holders, which is incredibly dangerous.

The lampholders are not designed to take mains and can overheat. Fires have been caused by overheating lampholders. The UK Lighting Industry trade organisation warns against the use of LED tubes.

I was hoping to get the 'made for led' fixture. If it exists, I just saw the tubes recently and would LOVE to ditch the florescents.

 

[sissy]

lowes has a shoplight here with led's on sale or 39 dollars that plugs in .

 

[CeeJayH]

A bit of a North American translation for "mains" terminology from the UK is "full breaker panel power" in North America.
Correct me if I'm wrong, CeejayH.

Correct - two continents separated by a common language

 

[CeeJayH]

I was hoping to get the 'made for led' fixture. If it exists, I just saw the tubes recently and would LOVE to ditch the florescents.

You should be able to find a range now Peter. The company I work for has gone from 3% LED in 2011 to 65% in 2015. All of our new product designs are LED.
You'll need to check the Colour Temperature - go for 4000K or 3,500K. LEDs at 6,000K can be very "blue".

 

[HARO]

Correct - two continents separated by a common language

Hell, never mind CONTINENTS! Here in Ontario it's called 'line voltage'.
John

 

[MitchM]

Also never mind the 240v/120v difference.

 

[CeeJayH]

Also never mind the 240v/120v difference.

And the different cable colours. Brown/blue in Europe and white/black in North America.

 

[sissy]

interesting are ground wires the same or do all countries use ground wires .

 

[CeeJayH]

interesting are ground wires the same or do all countries use ground wires .

Sissy, don't get me started on this one.

In the UK the ground wire is commonly called "Earth". Always has been, all my working life. Except about 10 years ago the Wiring Regs were updated and it became officially known as the "Circuit Protective Conductor" or CPC for short. I still call it Earth, every-one I work with still calls it Earth and woe betide anyone who tries to correct us.

Earth is Green/Yellow striped

I sometimes get the impression our Wiring Regs are written by academics who don't know which end of a screwdriver to hold.

 

[sissy]

interesting .Are your electrical wires still the same as ours .Like 12 and 14 gauge for instance and ground contact .

 

[TAHOE]

interesting are ground wires the same or do all countries use ground wires .

"ground" wire or "neutral"
The white wire is "neutral" ; the green wire is "ground" yet they both connect to the same bus bar in the breaker box.....I dunno.