TIL changing office lighting saved us $200 a month on electric bills

We run a small commercial cleaning company in Warren and the fluorescent tubes in our main office were buzzing nonstop. I swapped out 12 old fixtures for LED panels last month, and our electric bill dropped from $380 to $180. The lights are brighter too, and we haven't had a single flicker issue. Has anyone else tried switching their shop or office lighting to see similar savings?

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riverm4829d ago

My garage shop dropped about $150 a month after I put in 8 LED panels and ditched the old fluorescent tubes. No more buzzing or flicker issues here either.

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dakota_murphy9029d ago

Right on, that's the real savings right there. Once you kill the ballasts and the old magnetic hum, you're basically not wasting any energy on heat or flicker. I swapped out a dozen T8s in my workshop for those wrap-around LED strips and saw almost the same drop, plus my eyes don't get that tired after a few hours of detail work. The color quality is way better for spotting defects in wood grain too, which is something you never really think about until you're squinting at a finish. Makes you wonder why anyone would stick with those buzzing tubes when the payoff is this obvious.