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To: TobagoJack who wrote (131718)	3/7/2017 9:35:26 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217574

We've spent $800 in total on LEDs from Amazon over the past month to replace all of the lighting in the entire house and that cost will be more than paid back in savings on our electrical bill over the next 6 months. Reducing total lighting wattage from 9,002 to 1,104 - that's huge as that difference was all waste-heat which had to be expelled with the AC. The motivation in California is ese too much electricity, especially in the Summer, and your cost of electricity per KWh increases by 2/3. 3 years ago the LEDs available didn't provide the accurate color rendering or enough light per bulb or fixture. Nice changes in technology. I approve. I just finished the last job, rewiring the fluorescent boxes in the kitche to eliminate the transformers (ballasts). Much easier than I anticipated. Even with an 88% reduction in lighting wattage, the lights still use far more electricity than our energy efficient refrigerator or the total use by our efficient computers, network and entertainment systems. All quite amazing.