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Yes, LEDs are a good match for automotive. Most automotive LEDs (for dome lights, for example) use three LEDs in series, with an additional resistor. Oh, and a bridge rectifier. No capacitor, no switching supply. The only challenge, really, is that they’re often subjected to temperatures in the 120 deg F range.

If you take the case in general, take the average room. Or let’s just take my room for an example. I have various lamps around the room that collectively equal about 200 Watts worth of standard bulbs – but they’re all spot lights that illuminate a desk or an area of the floor. Then there’s one 73 Watt halogen bulb hanging off the ceiling. Turn all the spotlights on, and the room still looks like it’s dimmed down. Turn the spotlights off and the ceiling light on – the room looks bright. For general lighting, directional lights aren’t more efficient because you actually don’t want to throw the light at the floor – you want to throw it everywhere around in order to provide diffuse ambient light that lights up the whole space.

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The Bad Despite claiming a high color-rendering score, Cree's bulbs didn't make colors look noticeably better in our tests. The bulb also wouldn't dim much lower than 10 percent at minimum settings, which is a little high.

The midsize SUV segment has become fiercely competitive, and the 2020 Toyota Highlander is ready to take on all.

The good news is that bulb prices are going down, so it’s easier to get started with smart bulbs and less punishing should you find that a product doesn’t work for you. That said, we want to get you started on the right foot. So without further ado, here are deep dives into the most worthwhile color and white LED smart bulbs on the market. 

LED lighting is great for saving money and power. Now, you can get LED lamps in multiple colours, themes, shapes and more. One of the new possibilities in LED lighting is the ability to change the colour temperature and illumination level in any space. With LED lights also providing the possibility of being able to control them remotely, you will find them gracing many homes in years to come.

“Different bulb and electricity prices would skew the optimal lifetime, but it seems pretty reasonable that the mandated 1000 hr lifetime is a consumer protection regulation rather than an industry conspiracy to rip off consumers.”

8. The teardown bulb is on the left. I replaced it with the latest Cree design. It’s got nearly the same performance at half the price. It also is entirely plastic, a testament to the efficiency of the power supply.

A lot of dimmers designed to use with LED bulbs have an offset adjustment screw, which you can use to align the bottom of the knob to just barely on. I’ve never had a problem with it, running Cree, Philips, or Ikea bulbs.

The lifetime of a bulb (or power supply) can be no longer than the lifetime of any of its components. Among the components found inside the bulbs, two stand out as life-limiters: the semiconductors and the electrolytic capacitors. Both of these components suffer from a failure rate that is a strong function of temperature. The typical model for this effect, based on the Arrhenius equation, predicts a doubling of lifetime for each 10 degree Celsius decrease in temperature, at least over a limited range.

I lost of few husband points when I momentarily blinded my wife showing her how bright the Bosch 1900-Lumen LED Work Light is. I should have known that this stuff doesn’t interest her anyway, but we’ve only been married a couple years and I’m still catching on. That and I had to show somebody, right?