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   From: %steve%@malloc.co.uk   
      
   Dave Plowman  wrote:   
   > In article   
   > <2082196069388490010.841939%steve%-malloc.co.uk@news.eternal-september.org>,   
   >    Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:   
   >>> No idea. They are crap and I wouldn't have one in the house.   
   >   
   >> The LED bulbs I have used have been anything but "crap". They use 1/10th   
   >> the electricity of equivalent halogen bulbs and can be bought as flood or   
   >> spotlight versions.   
   >   
   > They may well use less electricity. But if that's the only criterion for   
   > domestic lighting a fluorescent tube will do the job rather better and for   
   > less cost.   
      
   Where did I say it was the only criterion? The major objection from SWMBO   
   is that they are "too bright".   
      
   Way better than CFL and, as I mentioned, equivalent to halogen, in fact a   
   3W LED with SMD elements providers better illumination than a 35W halogen.   
      
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