The price is way down on the corkscrew CFLs and while they can and do burn out after a year they aren't expensive to repair. Plus, as a bonus every time I purchase a CFL and throw out an old incandescent a Tea Bagger gags!!
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Who says the compact florescents burn out quick? In fact I've never seen > one fail that wasn't mounted upside down and the more recent ones seem to > tolerate inverse mounting reasonably well. > > When we moved into our house everything had 100w incandescents, apparently > the old man who lived there liked it BRIGHT. I've been replacing them as > they die, I think I've got 2 or 3 left. In their place I'm using 60w > equivalent CF bulbs. I bought a bunch cheap under some govt program a couple > years ago. The oldest ones have 5 years on them now. > > In fact the light next to my computer is an old Phillips CF that I paid > around $20 for the year I got out of college. That'd be 11 years ago now. > The one in my bedroom lamp is one year newer. Both moved with us from our > apartment into the house 5 years ago... > > People always complain "Oh you can't use them on a dimmer". Well I've never > seen much use for dimmers, if I wanted less lights I'd turn on fewer lights, > not run the lights I have less bright. Our ceiling fan lights all have > dimmers and as they fail I'm replacing them with normal switches. I've also > never encountered a dimmer that didn't make noise no matter what kind of > bulbs, interestingly its just about the same tone as my tinnitus but louder, > I'm surprised it doesn't drive people crazy... Anyway I don't consider the > lack of dimmer use a problem since I hate dimmers. > > Now the mercury thing, that is a problem but we've seen huge advances in > LED tech so I figure its just a matter of time. I like the instant on aspect > of LEDs and their cold tolerance will make them better for outside use, > although I bought an "outside" CF a year or two ago that works real well... > > -Curt > > Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 06:25:31 -0700 > From: G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] The latest "Climate change" lies > Message-ID: > <cantulyjzjdtbbkql6auj8jkqur6tu0fscogslpvonojibo4...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Mitch, > > They are sealed units, so access to the circuits is not available to put a > meter on them.. They have 24 LED's and screw into normal light sockets. > The > light emitted is bright, clean, and "soft"white. When I went looking, I > found not all LED bulbs are soft white and in fact many / most are rather > harsh so you have to ask/look/demand the soft white feature. You will be > glad you did if you want to use them for normal household lighting. > > To me, they are so much better than the twisty little congressional > mandated > bulbs, which burn out quickly, I've found. Plus total current usage is > tiny. At $8 a bulb I can't call them cheap. > > Grant. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
