Very good idea. I am planning on doing the same. The thing holding me back is the cost of the LED bulbs. I will get it done as soon as I can. Good post.
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Very good idea. I am planning on doing the same. The thing holding me back is the cost of the LED bulbs. I will get it done as soon as I can. Good post.
I was held back for the same exact reason until I just got fed up today and drove over to home depot.
When I came to the lighting Aisle, I was pleasantly surprised as the 7 watt Phillips LED bulbs were on sale for $0.50 after a one dollar instant rebate and I'm in Toronto, Canada, so they may even be cheaper in your area.
I ended up buying 40 LED bulbs for under $30 (had to pay tax on $1.50 each) but still an amazing deal.
Just keep checking the flyers as governments are giving retailers incentives, big discounts and rebates to promote energy saving products.
Wow, that's great. I last checked the price about 1 year ago. I will get down to the store this week. If they don't have bulbs for .50 can you buy me some. Just kidding. But that really is a great deal. Just an unrelated question, do they have 'smart meters' in Canada?
Yes unfortunately we got those crappy, EMF emitting smart meters like 2 years ago. Since finding out about their harmful EMF emissions and privacy concerns I am working on a car alternator system and solar panels to power my home using deep cycling batteries in series as a reserve, until I can get my hands on one of those Tesla home power packs. I should be off the power grid by spring hopefully. Then I can finally take that "smart meter" for a walk in the woods. haha
I sorry for you but I got a smart meter too. I don't know a lot about the tesla wall but I started to put together a solar system and I was looking a the edison iron batteries. They are somewhat expensive but from what I read, you can discharge them down to zero charge and recharge them back to full. I don't think they are affect by battery 'memory'. AGM, deep cycle and marine batteries you can only discharge to about 50%. I am using deep cycle golf cart batteries. My inverter needs 12 volts and the golf cart batteries are 6 volts so I have arranged them in pairs that are hooked up in series to make them 12 volts. But I'm sure (based on your comment) that you already know how to hook up batteries. Please come and get my smart meter when you take that walk in the woods. lol