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> Has the average homeowner added more ceiling lights or lamps because of different bulbs? As much as I appreciate the snark and sarcasm, at least where I live
by blagie 2y ago
> Has the average homeowner added more ceiling lights or lamps because of different bulbs?
As much as I appreciate the snark and sarcasm, at least where I live, the equivalent is happening.
Old home and commercial construction would typically have one central light per room. Homes would have a single light fixture with 1-3 lightbulbs at the center of each ceiling and were pretty dimly lit. Commercial would be similar with fluorescents. You would turn it off when you left a room.
New home and commercial construction has accent lighting all over the place, some turned on 24/7. Cabinets have under-cabinet-lights. Closets have closet lights. We have rows of LEDs lining all sorts of accents.
If you compare 80's-style construction to 2020's-style, the amount of new light seems to be about that much of an increase.
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- aurareturn 2y agoNot to mention that in poor countries, the invention of LEDs could mean going from being able to afford electricity for 1 light in the house to 10 lights.
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y agoI can accept that new construction may have more lighting, but nowhere near 10x, and certainly not 10x overall when you factor "legacy locations" where it is mostly just a bulb replacement.
- blagie 2y agoYou can accept what you like. I am describing where I live. If you don't accept that a place like this might exist, without so much as a follow-up question, says more about you than anything else.
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y agoAre you really claiming that a new home has 10x more lighting than an old one? Or are you just saying that your own house it lit up like a lighthouse - search lights in every room, perhaps?