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Originally Posted by Hclarkx
Have you read here or on IRV2 or elsewhere of a LiFePO4 in RV service failing? I haven't and I've been following the technology from before I bought my first one in 2015. There have been one or two BMS issues though none causing a hazard. Medical equipment across the country is rife with LiFePO4. There are Youtube videos of people driving pick axes into prismatic LiFePO4 cells trying to get some fireworks going. No luck.
As for LED light bulbs. I was an early adopter. I skipped the no-name ones and went with GE (warranted for 25 years). I must have about 60 of them in my house and garage and shop. Just one failure so far.
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The first "replacement" for incandescent bulbs was the "spaghetti bulb" (CFL) which was a fluorescent tube just wound into a shape that would fit where most household bulbs were used. Color of light output was terrible and the current crop of LED's were a welcome change. The CFL's had to be disposed of as hazardous waste as they contained mercury.
Interesting story on LED lighting.
In 2016 I replaced all incandescent lights at my house, both inside and out, with LED's. About the same time I purchased a PHEV and installed a charging station.
A comparison of electric bills before and after the lighting change and adding the new car/charging station showed no change.
The savings in power consumption went to my driving around town. That was before I looked at the savings on gasoline purchases.
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