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You will get another email when it ships.I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever that means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but theyOn 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever that
means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme order, I
waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
I'll rephrase that answer Trevor.On 28/05/2013 6:23 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever that
means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme order, I
waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but they are VERY slow.
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.On 28-May-13 6:43 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:23 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever that
means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme order, I
waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but they
are VERY slow.
I'll rephrase that answer Trevor.
Dealexteme have an AU shipping option, meaning the item is in Australia
and is delivered by toll courier in 5 to 7 days after placing your
order. see:
http://e.dx.com/promotion/au-direct-shipping/index.html
The item also costs more than shipping from China, so I elected to pay
more and have it shipped locally, as it was advertised as being in
stock, and should arrive in a week.
Then after 3 weeks I cancelled. I wanted the item for a trip that I was
taking 4 weeks after I ordered.
Was I really impatient?
Don...
No wukkers Trevor. I gave you the abbreviated version. Yes, there are some great products and some rubbish. You need toWas I really impatient?
Don...
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.
A point about buying stuff from wherever though. I noted that DX had some 8 Watt, LED, 240VAC lamps for $13.00. I was
strolling through Aldi the other day and noted some 8 Watt, LED, BC lamps for $11.00. I picked one up to see what it was
like. In a word - brilliant. I have a Philips 11 Watt CFL installed in a table lamp. I replaced it with the Aldi LED
lamp and noted an instant improvement in light output. I'll do the measurements to confirm later, but will keep an eye
peeled for more of the Aldi versions.
OTOH: These things from DX are amazing:
http://dx.com/p/12w-7000k-800-lumen-white-led-emitter-metal-strip-12-14v-80512?rt=1&p=0&m=0&r=3&k=1&t=1&s=80310&u=80512
FWIW, I've just ordered a batch of these;On 28-May-13 10:46 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
Was I really impatient?
Don...
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.
A point about buying stuff from wherever though. I noted that DX had some
8 Watt, LED, 240VAC lamps for $13.00. I was
strolling through Aldi the other day and noted some 8 Watt, LED, BC lamps
for $11.00. I picked one up to see what it was
like. In a word - brilliant. I have a Philips 11 Watt CFL installed in a
table lamp. I replaced it with the Aldi LED
lamp and noted an instant improvement in light output. I'll do the
measurements to confirm later, but will keep an eye
peeled for more of the Aldi versions.
OTOH: These things from DX are amazing:
http://dx.com/p/12w-7000k-800-lumen-white-led-emitter-metal-strip-12-14v-80512?rt=1&p=0&m=0&r=3&k=1&t=1&s=80310&u=80512
No wukkers Trevor. I gave you the abbreviated version. Yes, there are some
great products and some rubbish. You need to buy and try.
From my good friend Mick:
I have these in the Kitchen
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.30825
I'm sticking with the traditional solid-state downlight "transformers;" IThey are every bit as bright as the 50w halogens and a lot better... The
light is WHITE Not yellow and are wide spread
not narrow beam like Halogen.
Best thing I did.... I replaced 6 x 50W halogen (300w) with 6 x 3.8W
(23w) LED and much better result...
To power them I used a 12V 5A power supply
...Cant find it on DX at moment but standard 12V 5a laptop type plug pack
thingo...
Chinese can turn out some great stuff, and some real rubbish. Almost needs
a data base of what goods are OK to purchase, and what are real rubbish.
I recently got some 240V to 5VDC USB power supplies, similar to the type
that powers up iPADs etc. I dropped one on a tiled floor, and it smashed
in two. Yet I have others that appear to be a lot better build quality at
a similar price, that is, about $1.50 inc postage. Mind you, I doubt if
any would ever pass local regulations.
But with Chinese cheap imports, the average joe blow doesn't know or care
about local regs., just interested in the landed price.
I bought 6 of their 10 watt LED globes replacing 15 watt CFLs. TheOn 28/05/2013 6:55 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 28-May-13 6:43 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:23 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever that
means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme order, I
waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but they
are VERY slow.
I'll rephrase that answer Trevor.
Dealexteme have an AU shipping option, meaning the item is in Australia
and is delivered by toll courier in 5 to 7 days after placing your
order. see:
http://e.dx.com/promotion/au-direct-shipping/index.html
The item also costs more than shipping from China, so I elected to pay
more and have it shipped locally, as it was advertised as being in
stock, and should arrive in a week.
Then after 3 weeks I cancelled. I wanted the item for a trip that I was
taking 4 weeks after I ordered.
Was I really impatient?
Don...
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.
A point about buying stuff from wherever though. I noted that DX had
some 8 Watt, LED, 240VAC lamps for $13.00. I was strolling through Aldi
the other day and noted some 8 Watt, LED, BC lamps for $11.00. I picked
one up to see what it was like. In a word - brilliant. I have a Philips
11 Watt CFL installed in a table lamp. I replaced it with the Aldi LED
lamp and noted an instant improvement in light output. I'll do the
measurements to confirm later, but will keep an eye peeled for more of
the Aldi versions.
**Yep. They do run warm. They appear to be quite well made though. YouOn 28/05/2013 10:46 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:55 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 28-May-13 6:43 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:23 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever that
means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme order, I
waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but they
are VERY slow.
I'll rephrase that answer Trevor.
Dealexteme have an AU shipping option, meaning the item is in Australia
and is delivered by toll courier in 5 to 7 days after placing your
order. see:
http://e.dx.com/promotion/au-direct-shipping/index.html
The item also costs more than shipping from China, so I elected to pay
more and have it shipped locally, as it was advertised as being in
stock, and should arrive in a week.
Then after 3 weeks I cancelled. I wanted the item for a trip that I was
taking 4 weeks after I ordered.
Was I really impatient?
Don...
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.
A point about buying stuff from wherever though. I noted that DX had
some 8 Watt, LED, 240VAC lamps for $13.00. I was strolling through Aldi
the other day and noted some 8 Watt, LED, BC lamps for $11.00. I picked
one up to see what it was like. In a word - brilliant. I have a Philips
11 Watt CFL installed in a table lamp. I replaced it with the Aldi LED
lamp and noted an instant improvement in light output. I'll do the
measurements to confirm later, but will keep an eye peeled for more of
the Aldi versions.
I bought 6 of their 10 watt LED globes replacing 15 watt CFLs. The
difference was literally night and day, 800 lumen as against 600 for the
CFLs. They are at the warm end of the spectrum though and they do run
quite hot - 70c on the neck according to my non-contact thermometer and
the touch test bears that out.
70C yikes! you could cook an egg off that!On 28/05/2013 10:46 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:55 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 28-May-13 6:43 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:23 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever
that means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme order, I
waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but
they are VERY slow.
I'll rephrase that answer Trevor.
Dealexteme have an AU shipping option, meaning the item is in
Australia and is delivered by toll courier in 5 to 7 days after
placing your order. see:
http://e.dx.com/promotion/au-direct-shipping/index.html
The item also costs more than shipping from China, so I elected to
pay more and have it shipped locally, as it was advertised as being
in stock, and should arrive in a week.
Then after 3 weeks I cancelled. I wanted the item for a trip that I
was taking 4 weeks after I ordered.
Was I really impatient?
Don...
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.
A point about buying stuff from wherever though. I noted that DX had
some 8 Watt, LED, 240VAC lamps for $13.00. I was strolling through
Aldi the other day and noted some 8 Watt, LED, BC lamps for $11.00.
I picked one up to see what it was like. In a word - brilliant. I
have a Philips 11 Watt CFL installed in a table lamp. I replaced it
with the Aldi LED lamp and noted an instant improvement in light
output. I'll do the measurements to confirm later, but will keep an
eye peeled for more of the Aldi versions.
I bought 6 of their 10 watt LED globes replacing 15 watt CFLs. The
difference was literally night and day, 800 lumen as against 600 for
the CFLs. They are at the warm end of the spectrum though and they do
run quite hot - 70c on the neck according to my non-contact
thermometer and the touch test bears that out.
be the failure mode. The LEDs themselves run quite cool.keithr wrote:
On 28/05/2013 10:46 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:55 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 28-May-13 6:43 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:23 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever
that means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme order, I
waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but
they are VERY slow.
I'll rephrase that answer Trevor.
Dealexteme have an AU shipping option, meaning the item is in
Australia and is delivered by toll courier in 5 to 7 days after
placing your order. see:
http://e.dx.com/promotion/au-direct-shipping/index.html
The item also costs more than shipping from China, so I elected to
pay more and have it shipped locally, as it was advertised as being
in stock, and should arrive in a week.
Then after 3 weeks I cancelled. I wanted the item for a trip that I
was taking 4 weeks after I ordered.
Was I really impatient?
Don...
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.
A point about buying stuff from wherever though. I noted that DX had
some 8 Watt, LED, 240VAC lamps for $13.00. I was strolling through
Aldi the other day and noted some 8 Watt, LED, BC lamps for $11.00.
I picked one up to see what it was like. In a word - brilliant. I
have a Philips 11 Watt CFL installed in a table lamp. I replaced it
with the Aldi LED lamp and noted an instant improvement in light
output. I'll do the measurements to confirm later, but will keep an
eye peeled for more of the Aldi versions.
I bought 6 of their 10 watt LED globes replacing 15 watt CFLs. The
difference was literally night and day, 800 lumen as against 600 for
the CFLs. They are at the warm end of the spectrum though and they do
run quite hot - 70c on the neck according to my non-contact
thermometer and the touch test bears that out.
70C yikes! you could cook an egg off that!
I thought these things were efficent at converting electricity into light
rather than heat.
With these heat sinks on the lamps, it seems there is a lot of wasted heat
energy in creating the light.
Its not the LEDs but the electronics that drive them. That will probably
and was surprised to find 3 more. It may have been because I was afterOn 28/05/2013 6:12 PM, keithr wrote:
On 28/05/2013 10:46 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:55 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 28-May-13 6:43 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:23 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever
that
means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme order, I
waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but they
are VERY slow.
I'll rephrase that answer Trevor.
Dealexteme have an AU shipping option, meaning the item is in Australia
and is delivered by toll courier in 5 to 7 days after placing your
order. see:
http://e.dx.com/promotion/au-direct-shipping/index.html
The item also costs more than shipping from China, so I elected to pay
more and have it shipped locally, as it was advertised as being in
stock, and should arrive in a week.
Then after 3 weeks I cancelled. I wanted the item for a trip that I was
taking 4 weeks after I ordered.
Was I really impatient?
Don...
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.
A point about buying stuff from wherever though. I noted that DX had
some 8 Watt, LED, 240VAC lamps for $13.00. I was strolling through Aldi
the other day and noted some 8 Watt, LED, BC lamps for $11.00. I picked
one up to see what it was like. In a word - brilliant. I have a Philips
11 Watt CFL installed in a table lamp. I replaced it with the Aldi LED
lamp and noted an instant improvement in light output. I'll do the
measurements to confirm later, but will keep an eye peeled for more of
the Aldi versions.
I bought 6 of their 10 watt LED globes replacing 15 watt CFLs. The
difference was literally night and day, 800 lumen as against 600 for the
CFLs. They are at the warm end of the spectrum though and they do run
quite hot - 70c on the neck according to my non-contact thermometer and
the touch test bears that out.
**Yep. They do run warm. They appear to be quite well made though. You
were lucky to get so many. At my local Aldi it was bedlam around the LED
lamps.
I was surprised, I bought 3 on Saturday, went back for more on Sunday
**They are efficient. A tungsten lamp runs at around 3,000C. You cankeithr wrote:
On 28/05/2013 10:46 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:55 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 28-May-13 6:43 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:23 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever
that means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme order, I
waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but
they are VERY slow.
I'll rephrase that answer Trevor.
Dealexteme have an AU shipping option, meaning the item is in
Australia and is delivered by toll courier in 5 to 7 days after
placing your order. see:
http://e.dx.com/promotion/au-direct-shipping/index.html
The item also costs more than shipping from China, so I elected to
pay more and have it shipped locally, as it was advertised as being
in stock, and should arrive in a week.
Then after 3 weeks I cancelled. I wanted the item for a trip that I
was taking 4 weeks after I ordered.
Was I really impatient?
Don...
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.
A point about buying stuff from wherever though. I noted that DX had
some 8 Watt, LED, 240VAC lamps for $13.00. I was strolling through
Aldi the other day and noted some 8 Watt, LED, BC lamps for $11.00.
I picked one up to see what it was like. In a word - brilliant. I
have a Philips 11 Watt CFL installed in a table lamp. I replaced it
with the Aldi LED lamp and noted an instant improvement in light
output. I'll do the measurements to confirm later, but will keep an
eye peeled for more of the Aldi versions.
I bought 6 of their 10 watt LED globes replacing 15 watt CFLs. The
difference was literally night and day, 800 lumen as against 600 for
the CFLs. They are at the warm end of the spectrum though and they do
run quite hot - 70c on the neck according to my non-contact
thermometer and the touch test bears that out.
70C yikes! you could cook an egg off that!
I thought these things were efficent at converting electricity into light
rather than heat.
**Not really. No light source is 100% efficient. LEDs are pretty goodWith these heat sinks on the lamps, it seems there is a lot of wasted heat
energy in creating the light.
When you put it that way the heat losses are not so great in comparison.On 29/05/2013 4:41 PM, Vote 99% Greens wrote:
keithr wrote:
On 28/05/2013 10:46 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:55 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 28-May-13 6:43 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:23 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled
(whatever that means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme
order, I waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but
they are VERY slow.
I'll rephrase that answer Trevor.
Dealexteme have an AU shipping option, meaning the item is in
Australia and is delivered by toll courier in 5 to 7 days after
placing your order. see:
http://e.dx.com/promotion/au-direct-shipping/index.html
The item also costs more than shipping from China, so I elected to
pay more and have it shipped locally, as it was advertised as
being in stock, and should arrive in a week.
Then after 3 weeks I cancelled. I wanted the item for a trip that
I was taking 4 weeks after I ordered.
Was I really impatient?
Don...
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.
A point about buying stuff from wherever though. I noted that DX
had some 8 Watt, LED, 240VAC lamps for $13.00. I was strolling
through Aldi the other day and noted some 8 Watt, LED, BC lamps
for $11.00. I picked one up to see what it was like. In a word -
brilliant. I have a Philips 11 Watt CFL installed in a table lamp.
I replaced it with the Aldi LED lamp and noted an instant
improvement in light output. I'll do the measurements to confirm
later, but will keep an eye peeled for more of the Aldi versions.
I bought 6 of their 10 watt LED globes replacing 15 watt CFLs. The
difference was literally night and day, 800 lumen as against 600 for
the CFLs. They are at the warm end of the spectrum though and they
do run quite hot - 70c on the neck according to my non-contact
thermometer and the touch test bears that out.
70C yikes! you could cook an egg off that!
I thought these things were efficent at converting electricity into
light rather than heat.
**They are efficient. A tungsten lamp runs at around 3,000C. You can
vapourise eggs on that. A tungsten lamp delivers around 10 ~ 15
Lumens/Watt. A halogen lamp can usually manage around 25 Lumens/Watt.
The Aldi lamp, at 80 Lumens/Watt is respectably efficient.
With these heat sinks on the lamps, it seems there is a lot of
wasted heat energy in creating the light.
**Not really. No light source is 100% efficient. LEDs are pretty good
though.
--
Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au
**Not so much. Refrigeration, heating, cooling, pool filters andTrevor Wilson wrote:
On 29/05/2013 4:41 PM, Vote 99% Greens wrote:
keithr wrote:
On 28/05/2013 10:46 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:55 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 28-May-13 6:43 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:23 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled
(whatever that means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme
order, I waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but
they are VERY slow.
I'll rephrase that answer Trevor.
Dealexteme have an AU shipping option, meaning the item is in
Australia and is delivered by toll courier in 5 to 7 days after
placing your order. see:
http://e.dx.com/promotion/au-direct-shipping/index.html
The item also costs more than shipping from China, so I elected to
pay more and have it shipped locally, as it was advertised as
being in stock, and should arrive in a week.
Then after 3 weeks I cancelled. I wanted the item for a trip that
I was taking 4 weeks after I ordered.
Was I really impatient?
Don...
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.
A point about buying stuff from wherever though. I noted that DX
had some 8 Watt, LED, 240VAC lamps for $13.00. I was strolling
through Aldi the other day and noted some 8 Watt, LED, BC lamps
for $11.00. I picked one up to see what it was like. In a word -
brilliant. I have a Philips 11 Watt CFL installed in a table lamp.
I replaced it with the Aldi LED lamp and noted an instant
improvement in light output. I'll do the measurements to confirm
later, but will keep an eye peeled for more of the Aldi versions.
I bought 6 of their 10 watt LED globes replacing 15 watt CFLs. The
difference was literally night and day, 800 lumen as against 600 for
the CFLs. They are at the warm end of the spectrum though and they
do run quite hot - 70c on the neck according to my non-contact
thermometer and the touch test bears that out.
70C yikes! you could cook an egg off that!
I thought these things were efficent at converting electricity into
light rather than heat.
**They are efficient. A tungsten lamp runs at around 3,000C. You can
vapourise eggs on that. A tungsten lamp delivers around 10 ~ 15
Lumens/Watt. A halogen lamp can usually manage around 25 Lumens/Watt.
The Aldi lamp, at 80 Lumens/Watt is respectably efficient.
With these heat sinks on the lamps, it seems there is a lot of
wasted heat energy in creating the light.
**Not really. No light source is 100% efficient. LEDs are pretty good
though.
--
Trevor Wilson www.rageaudio.com.au
When you put it that way the heat losses are not so great in comparison.
The mind boggles at the untold amount of energy wasted in heat over the
decades in using tungsten globes.
keithr wrote:
On 28/05/2013 10:46 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:55 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 28-May-13 6:43 AM, Trevor Wilson wrote:
On 28/05/2013 6:23 AM, Don McKenzie wrote:
On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever
that means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the
shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.
A lot of companies do this these days. My last Dealexteme order, I
waited 3 weeks then cancelled.
**Geez, you're impatient. Dealextreme have some nice things, but
they are VERY slow.
I'll rephrase that answer Trevor.
Dealexteme have an AU shipping option, meaning the item is in
Australia and is delivered by toll courier in 5 to 7 days after
placing your order. see:
http://e.dx.com/promotion/au-direct-shipping/index.html
The item also costs more than shipping from China, so I elected to
pay more and have it shipped locally, as it was advertised as being
in stock, and should arrive in a week.
Then after 3 weeks I cancelled. I wanted the item for a trip that I
was taking 4 weeks after I ordered.
Was I really impatient?
Don...
**Clearly not. Sorry, I just assumed you ordered from China.
A point about buying stuff from wherever though. I noted that DX had
some 8 Watt, LED, 240VAC lamps for $13.00. I was strolling through
Aldi the other day and noted some 8 Watt, LED, BC lamps for $11.00.
I picked one up to see what it was like. In a word - brilliant. I
have a Philips 11 Watt CFL installed in a table lamp. I replaced it
with the Aldi LED lamp and noted an instant improvement in light
output. I'll do the measurements to confirm later, but will keep an
eye peeled for more of the Aldi versions.
I bought 6 of their 10 watt LED globes replacing 15 watt CFLs. The
difference was literally night and day, 800 lumen as against 600 for
the CFLs. They are at the warm end of the spectrum though and they do
run quite hot - 70c on the neck according to my non-contact
thermometer and the touch test bears that out.
70C yikes! you could cook an egg off that!
I thought these things were efficent at converting electricity into light
rather than heat.
With these heat sinks on the lamps, it seems there is a lot of wasted heat
energy in creating the light.
not wasted in winter they reduce the heating costs from heater air con etc.
I didn't receive any further emails or goods.On 27-May-13 9:46 PM, MikenB wrote:
I trying to understand the 'my orders' page.
It says my order status is 'Complete'.
Further down the page it defines Complete as Fulfilled (whatever that means).
I don't see anything about shipping or a tracking number.
Ideas anyone?
Mike
You will get another email when it ships.
Last time I ordered there, I think I had to wait 3 weeks for the shipping message.
Possibly because it wasn't in Australia.