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As a lighting professional can you say whether there is any particular difference between the inbuilt driver for an energy saving CFL, & an LED Bulb/Lamp/Globe?
The Fluorescent is (at least fundamentally) a much more complex circuit. They work in completely different way, fluorescent is high voltage AC, LED is low voltage DC.
But LED lighting is projected to last several times the already lengthy 6000 ? 8000 hours for CFLs.
Might this require heavier duty [more expensive] driver electronics?
Any LED where the electronics is in the same housing as the LED lanmp is highly unlikely to last anywhere near the "projected lifetime".
If this is the case, then no name products might need to be very inexpensive, & SAFE?, to be considered at all.
There are currently no Australian Standards for 240V LEDs like tubes and GU10 lamps. They also completely skirt the safety testing and certification requirements that apply to other lamps like CFLs.
Were something to go wrong it would seem desirable that the product was underwritten by a large organisation, with deep pockets. Recent startups, unfortunately, too often fail early.
In my professional experience as facility manager of office towers, it is the life of the fitting that matters. No good saving 90% is it does not pay back it higher purchase due to short life.
Lights like to go on, stay on, then off. On and Off is bad for life.
The recent rule to get rid of incandescent lamps ignores the fact these are best for frequent use like WCs, Bathrooms, WIR etc... Like celling heat lamps in a bathroom, on paper they use MEGA power when on. But if only on the 5 minutes whilst your dry yourself they are much better than underfloor heating or radiators etc.. which heat the room 24/7.
Peter
Peter
