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WanderingEng  ·  3055 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The L.E.D. Quandary: Why There’s No Such Thing as “Built to Last"

    This is easy. STOP BUYING EDISON PLUG BULBS.

That had never occurred to me. My goal now is to figure out better lighting solutions for my living room before I need to replace my next bulb.

Why is my lamp shaped like it is? Because it was designed to keep hands and flammable material away from a bulb pumping out 97 watts of heat and channel that heat up and away from the bulb. So why do I use the same lamp for a light that puts out five watts of heat?