The one pictured is my bedroom light.
I would be surprised if there was a single LED in the ancient house I live in.
OMG. As an old (Gen x) lighting designer who lives in CA, may God help you if you asked me this question at a party. In order not to bore you to death I’ll try to spit it out before you fall asleep. Never ask me “What is Power factor?”, All would be lost. Or for god’s sake, “What is Dark Bastard Amber?”( Rosco 03)“Are ellipsoidal fixtures most accurately called Lekos or source four?”. You could die of regretful boredom within 9 seconds". At least you’d have someone to talk to for the duration of the party
Yes. I have a handful of very beloved, non-LED bulbs and fixtures. I have to trouble the out of state family to help me smuggle these into my home. For example, “Halogen” bulbs. I have a floor standing, up firing, dimmable lamp that will transport any room immediately to the surface of the sun. Cleaning? Look out dust. It would be easy to accidentally start a fire with this lamp using the bulbs I put in it. I use it every day in my office, which is so much brighter than any room in average people’s houses. A home tour of my house always results in an “OMG It’s so bright in here, I love it!”. Me too. I think it’s sad that normies can’t have good lights or good drugs.
Ok, what are power factor and dark bastard amber?
My thumbs will fall off if I answer that. I sort of answered in another response you can read about Dark Bastard Amber (Rosco 03). Power Factor is why it’s stupid to ban Halogen’s and why LEDs are not as efficient as has been claimed. A Halogen bulb has a much higher CRI and power Factor of 1, a cheap LED has a Power factor of half of that (.5). That means the cheap LED uses twice as much current as the Halogen and can’t come close to the Halogen’s CRI. In commercial applications ( Like a stadium, for example) the power company charges on Kva demand and charges extra for Power Factor. That’s because in real energy terms and on a commercial building’s bill, a building full of cheap LEDs is way more expensive than the light it provides should be. So they often have to install capacitor banks on commercial buildings. And the LED needs just as much or more copper (Wire gauge/ breaker capacity) as the Halogen. All for a much shittier quality. Sure, encourage the USE of LEDs, go for it. But that old Twaine quote applies here: “don’t ban steaks for men just because babies can’t chew them”.
What colors are your go to pairing for a wash? I usually had ambers like 16 or 321 for my warm and 60 or 68 for cool. I have also been limited to what’s available for most of my work.
For years I did work for events that had an audience, stage video recording, Imag and a couple times even film. Rosco 03, with an absurd amount of light and power. You can beautifully white balance the cameras and display and it looks great and matched to an audience in a dark hall. I like to pair R60 and R51. If you’ve got the circuits, add some lee 202 .5 correction, but careful not to lose white balance in scene changes… Does anyone actually use gels/poly anymore? I moved on years ago to commercial AV installation. I assume it’s all LEDs now right? The last time I did stage lighting was 2005. My memory might be failing me here, so if the colors sound crazy, I’ve probably forgotten or mixed up. I have actually designed a bunch of installations using LEDs (S4, ETC, etc lol). The technology we are discussing is ancient history now right?
True, most professional spaces are using LED now. The colors are usually programmed for Rosco, though. Not everyone has the budget to update yet. They usually start by adding motion lights a little at a time. You don’t really have follow spot operators anymore. When I was working for television it was all about filters for temperature instead of colors. I preferred theatre. I find special effects are more fun on older boards.
Bright lights stress me.
Of course. Me too. I don’t just like bright all the time. I like control. For example in my living room, there are 17 light sources. Let’s say “bulbs” to stay out of the weeds. Nearly everyone of those 17 “bulbs” is dimmable and can be adjusted for color, or at least color temperature. One of my favorite presets is titled “chiller”. And that is exactly what it does. It “chills” you out All of the light sources are dimmed way down. None of them are set to “white”. Over here is pink, over there is amber up here is a cool blue. What it adds up to is a very dim, relaxed vibe with a ton of depth and you see everything. You can read a paper book. You can see expressions. It’s as if you were sitting on a west facing beach watching a sunset.
Sounds beautiful.
The one in my oven and those in my car
I want to use sodium-vapor lamps one day.
There’s an incandescent bulb in the fume hood in my kitchen, i think maybe my microwave too? I have some flurescent bulbs kicking around, but they’re phasing them out where i live, i think from next year you wont be able to buy them new in australia (good riddance)
I just replaced the one in my stove hood. It was a weird specialty.
I think there’s one in my basement that rarely gets used.
For my sauna I have an oven-style filament bulb. Newer stuff can’t take the heat.
Garage door motors use normal bulbs for some reason. Explicitly says to.
Incandescent bulbs are not “normal” any more by any definition of the word. Anything that still uses them is simply outdated.
They were only the norm for 110 years, after all.
No, I only use LEDs these days. I’m actually switching from regular LEDs to smart LEDs since I can control the brightness and colour.
I despise fluorescent light. It is vile. If I found one today, I’d bring it to the toxic waste dump and get a warm LED. I think the only incandescent I have is a red one in a 3 bulb lamp.
I have some CFLs that are still hanging on. One in a closet, another in the bathroom. Oven light is incandescent bc it’s an oven light. Finally car headlamps are incandescent bc, in my car, they provide more photons where I need.
General purpose lighting is largely LED and then special purpose lighting may be something else.
I have a case of assorted Edison base incandescent bulbs. They’re good for lots of little things like the lamp over the record player to illuminate the strobe dots on the edge of the platter.
They’re also invaluable as parts for a dim bulb tester. You really can’t do that as quickly or effectively with any other technology.
My favorite reading lamp is a tiny little 7.5w incandescent that puts out a cozy light.
No
Hell, most if not all of the lighting in my apartment is LED.
Between 8 rooms (counting the hallway and both bathrooms), theres only 5 fixtures that accept ‘bulbs’. 4 table lamps and the light in the vent hood over the stove. Everything else is ‘non-servicable’ lighting like LED boards built into full fixtures (celing lights), LED tape lights (under counter/shelf lights), and some string lights that nobody can be bothered to take down after xmas.
I haven’t had to replace a dead light in at least 8 years though.
Got a few, flourescents like that, and t4s. The t4s are slated for conversion. The only incandescents left would be a couple of appliance lights, and one old nightlight. I have quite a few incandescents floating around that aren’t in use, as well as a box of t4s.
Our lighting setup (rented accommodation) is a hodge-podge of mixed fittings, including fluorescent tubes and halogen. All of the actual screw (and Edison) fittings have led bulbs in though.
Part of me wishes for the good old days of cheap incandescent bulbs though. The decent LED bulbs are still 10x the price we used to pay for incandescent, so we buy “cheap” ones (4x the price) which don’t last any longer than the old tech. Of course you can’t get incandescent bulbs anymore…
