One of Nanci Griffith’s most beautiful songs, I Would Bring You Ireland (paid link), has been on my mind these days.
Saint Patrick’s Day has paled as a celebration for my family in the last decade or so, as we’ve realized it’s far less an Irish observance in this country than an Irish American celebration—the American version of what it means to be Irish. Continue reading
For the last two posts I’ve been discussing our recent revamp of our lighting system. If you want to catch up, start with the post Light Housekeeping.
When the bulbs I’d ordered arrived, I installed two LED cluster bulbs in the cabin main floor. I put an iLLumi Projections 42x 5050 warm light cluster (paid link) in the lamp over the couch. It provides about 40-60 watts of mellow, warm light. Rated at 9 watts it’s using about 0.5 amp. In the kitchen, I installed an iLLumi Projections 60x 5050 cluster (paid link). This provided the same light as our fluorescents, roughly 100 watts. Rated at 15 watts, it uses 0.7 amp. By comparison, the fluorescents used about 1.0 amp each. Sorry, but I’m not much of an electrician. Watts only makes sense to me in terms of the amount of light a regular light bulb provides. I measure our usage in amps.
The 42 x 5050 LED cluster bulb in situ (Photo: Mark A. Zeiger).
