quote Originally posted by blackrams: Some folks (my wife for example) likes to have all the lights on.

Mine too, even in the day time, , I kid not.

quote Originally posted by blackrams: If one lamp with do the job, that's all I turn on.

The quiet in the dim light lets me watch
I see more than enough
The white light has no job now
We saw ourselves
Then chose blind

quote Originally posted by Cheever3000: You guys are dashing my glorious impression of Thomas Alva Edison. I admit that I believed the history books, and not only had him on a pedestal, but considered him my favorite person in all of history (2nd to Jesus). So what's all this about Edison sucks?

Edison opposed Alternating Current, not because it was a bad idea, but because of all the money he would lose.

This explains some of it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents

The movie 'Secret of Nikola Tesla also goes into some details. The full movie is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg0YGov-9IU

quote Originally posted by Cheever3000: You guys are dashing my glorious impression of Thomas Alva Edison. I admit that I believed the history books, and not only had him on a pedestal, but considered him my favorite person in all of history (2nd to Jesus). So what's all this about Edison sucks?

Tesla explains it here...

I switched to LEDs earlier this year. At 7W a piece I could run every light in the house if I wanted to and still use less power than I would have running just two incandescents before.

[This message has been edited by OKflyboy (edited 12-15-2013).]