On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > At 12:35 AM -0400 1/28/2009, MJ wrote: >>>>Who uses 100w lightbulbs any more? >>> >>>I do. And if anyone touches 'em, puts those @#$% CF bulbs in my >>>lamps, there will be liver ripping. >> >>why the opposition to CFs. > > 1. The color is off. Besides making the room look wrong, they cause > you to do horrible things when balancing the colors in a photograph. > heh. Don't even think of adjusting your display when using one.
there are many colors of cfl now keep up > > 2. They flicker. Some people cannot see it, but I sure can. It's > like having a constant strobe in the room; far worse than regular > florescents. After a few minutes the headache gets so bad I cannot > work. bad ones flicker just like any fluorescent actually any ac powered light flickers to some degree (even incandescents) > > 3. They DON'T last x years. In fact, their life span seems to be > only slightly longer than incandescents - for x times the cost. stop buying cheap ones I have cfls I bought 10years ago I have moved with them across multiple states multiple times they are still flicker free how can you stand to look at a computer screen? all of them flicker (crt or lcd) the back light is a cold cathode fluorescent in most > > 4. They cost MORE to run than incandescents. Yea, they really do. > You see... if you turn them on/off frequently they die fast (see #3). > So you have to leave them on longer. Heck, it's only 28 or 34w, not > 60 or 100. But a 34w light left on for hours uses more electricity > than a 60w left on for 15 mins. Multiply that by x CF lights... > yes, some applications are better served by other types of fixture but how often do you have your light on for only 15min?? honestly? > 5. Bad safety issue for outside use because it takes them about 10 > minutes to come up to full brightness in cold weather. That means > you have to turn them on way in advance (see #4, #3), and if you > don't, you end up with sprained ankles etc. stop buying cheap ones > >>Surely not for the minuscule mercury content? > > Minuscule? My understanding is that they contain so much that if one > breaks you're supposed to call your local poison control center. > It's a hazardous clean-up issue. They ran a story about this on the > news a while ago - towns are issuing cautions to people etc. My town > - we're not allowed to throw them out in the normal trash! We're not > allowed to put them in the normal recycling stream! We have to take > them to the hazardous materials facility for disposal! .... so add > to the cost of the light, the cost of our gas and time. they have less mercury than a thermometer and those are going away mercury free tubes have been phasing in for years (look for the green end caps) I have started replacing my cfl's with leds anyway -- I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) AND I RUN LINUX!!! Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone has their favorite, but we all get the same smile regardless of which we choose to scoop. Richard P. Adler - "All television is children's television." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
