LED light bulbs from Lights Of America

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Also, possibly as a result of all the Lights of America false advertising complaints.

Coming in 2011: New Labels for Light Bulb Packaging

Starting in mid-2011, the Federal Trade Commission announced today, consumers shopping for light bulbs will notice new labeling on packaging designed to help them choose among the different types of bulbs on the market – traditional incandescent bulbs, and newer high-efficiency compact fluorescent (CFL) and light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs. The new labels will enable consumers to save money by selecting the most efficient bulbs that best fit their lighting needs.​

full story here: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/06/lightbulbs.shtm

 

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full story here:

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/09/lightsofamerica.shtm

That is good news, thanks for posting it.

From the article:

Also, in many cases, Lights of America deceptively compared the brightness of its LED light bulbs with incandescent bulbs, the FTC alleges. For example, the firm claimed that one of its LED lantern bulbs could replace a 40-watt incandescent bulb. However, while the typical 40-watt incandescent bulb produces about 400 lumens, the Lights of America LED bulb produced only 74 lumens.

So that's about 18% of the light output of a 40W incandescent. The article discusses the lifetime claims as well, giving concrete numbers to dispute LOA's stated lifetime rating.

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