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Post by Travis on Jun 29, 2015 0:05:59 GMT
LED bulbs may be fine in places where you can't see them. In my opinion, not in monitor tops.
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Post by stlvortac on Jun 29, 2015 0:46:39 GMT
No LED's for this fridge. I better stock up. About another 50 year supply right? lol
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Post by ChrisJ on Jul 5, 2015 3:44:57 GMT
15 watts of eye bleeding power here. I kind of like it. It has an "old" look to it. Machine is still kind of empty right now, waiting for the cabinet to stabilize before putting actual food in it. Attachments:
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Post by vintageguy on Jul 5, 2015 4:42:17 GMT
15 watts of eye bleeding power here. I kind of like it. It has an "old" look to it. Machine is still kind of empty right now, waiting for the cabinet to stabilize before putting actual food in it. Don't stare at it too long.
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Post by ChrisJ on Jul 5, 2015 14:32:40 GMT
This is a better picture. The room is lit by sunlight and it helped show the brightness and color of the 15w bulb. I like it. Attachments:
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Post by muledivot on Jul 22, 2017 23:43:49 GMT
Wow! That is a beauty! That is a work of art.
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Post by blackhorse on Aug 1, 2017 19:35:50 GMT
For reasons not clear, my daily use CK shot fire big time from the door switch many years ago.
I've tried to remove all the screws from G.E. door trim pieces in the past and basically ruined the screw heads (they have been there for 80 years and don't surrender easily).
So I abandoned the lighting circuit completely, taped over the socket on the outside back of the cabinet with a circle-and-slash warning, and the power cord refit doesn't even have the socket in it.
But the shiny white porcelain interior shows nicely in the room overhead light, so not an issue.
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Post by elec573 on Aug 5, 2017 3:03:34 GMT
Very nice looking fridge Chris! When I picked up my first monitop he had a ca like yours ( not nearly as good looking) but knowing very little about MTs I listen to whitch one was more quite so I picked up the ck , not knowing about the heaters in the cas . But he still has it if I decide I want to go in that direction. As far as the light I just want one that lights it up so I can see what I have in the fridge. Chiller tray now that's a different story. Would like to have an original one .
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Post by blackhorse on Aug 5, 2017 18:41:02 GMT
Actually they have some LED bulbs that look like an actual antique filament in a glass globe. I have no idea exactly how that works; when they are off the filament is kind of dull orange, when lit it's the color temperature you chose when you buy it. (warm, daylight, etc.) They're 2 or 3 bucks at Walmart. I've bought LED bulbs from Walmart, they are about $1.75 for 60 watt-equivalent. And so far have been very good, way better than CFL's in poor environments like the barn, shop, kennel, where spiders, temp extremes, humidity have crapped out fluorescents. (Get the dimmable ones if you want to use them with photocells or PIR motion detectors).
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Post by birkie on Aug 8, 2017 3:16:43 GMT
Actually they have some LED bulbs that look like an actual antique filament in a glass globe. I have no idea exactly how that works; when they are off the filament is kind of dull orange, when lit it's the color temperature you chose when you buy it. (warm, daylight, etc.) They're 2 or 3 bucks at Walmart. I've bought LED bulbs from Walmart, they are about $1.75 for 60 watt-equivalent. And so far have been very good, way better than CFL's in poor environments like the barn, shop, kennel, where spiders, temp extremes, humidity have crapped out fluorescents. (Get the dimmable ones if you want to use them with photocells or PIR motion detectors). I love those, they look great in a monitor top cabinet. They're basically a string of roughly 20-30 tiny blue LEDs connected in series in a row on each filament encased silicone infused with yellow phosphor. The bulb is filled with a highly thermally conductive gas like helium. Hidden in the screw base is a very simple high-voltage power supply comprising a capacitor, rectifier, and voltage regulator.
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Post by ChrisJ on Aug 11, 2017 14:45:42 GMT
Yeah but who wants a 60W equivalent in a monitor top? I don't know, I like the dim glow of the 15W incandescent in this application.
Everything else in my house is LED, mostly CREE.
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Post by blackhorse on Aug 11, 2017 16:00:38 GMT
Ah. Well, you know. Poor sentence structure.
They have the antique-looking filament ones in many watt-equivalents and candelabra or standard base, dimmable or not. I was just using the 60 watt-equivalent as a price point for general use.
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Post by timeswelding on Aug 11, 2017 20:38:31 GMT
I am using the bulb you are talking about in my CK2. It is a 40 watt equivalent and it seems just right.
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Post by csulaguy on Sept 29, 2018 12:22:55 GMT
LED bulbs may be fine in places where you can't see them. In my opinion, not in monitor tops. HA! Y'all are going to call me a heretic, but my Monitor Tops ONLY have LEDs. In fact, the only incandescents I have are in my oven, microwave, and over the range. I also choose a color temp of 2700-3000K, so it's more natural and more in line with the color temp of an incandescent bulb. I suppose another motivation, even if only for a few brief moments, is to minimize the heat generation of the bulb - this went for modern refrigerators I'd used previously.
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