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Xam:

--- Quote from: shardian on December 19, 2007, 03:34:04 pm ---I've been mostly using CFL since I bought my house. Unfortunately, I've had several problems with them. I've had several burn out. They don't work well with my Harbor breeze remote control fan in the living room (bad flickering). And the ones in my bedroom are horribly loud for a lightbulb. Maybe I'm buying the wrong brand or something, but I don't remember which was which.

I also just ran new can lighting in my basement which is controlled by a dimmer. CFL is not an option there.

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I tried em in my fan also... later I found the instruction manual said they do not recommend the CFLs. That said, I have had no problems in typical lighting fixtures.

Just be careful when disposing of them...if I am not mistaken, they contain a small amount of mercury.

Xam

Ken Layton:
Don't believe all the hype about 'compact fluorescents'. They are not all they're cracked up to be. Certain applications still require incandescent bulbs. Ovens and refrigerators still need incandescent bulbs because of the extreme temperatures. Most compact fluorescents say right on the package: not for use with dimmers, not for use in damp areas or bathrooms, not for use in fixtures where the bulb is enclosed (the fluorescent needs ventilation). Ever try to get one of those suckers to light up right away outdoors? My apartment owner had a compact fluorescent installed in the open fixture in the bottom stair landing at my apartment building. Whenever it was 50 degrees or colder outside that sucker took forever to light up plus it was dimmer than the incandescent it replaced. The owner switched it back to a 60 watt incandescent because of numerous tenant complaints of not being able to see the stairs at night.

I've actually had two of these compact fluorescents catch fire in normal operation. Good thing I was home to catch it right away or my place would have burnt down. Oh yeah, don't believe those "hour" life rating of compact fluorescents either. I get nowhere near the advertised life.

In some applications these bulbs make sense, yet in other applications you're throwing money away. I sure as hell don't need the government telling me what bulbs I can and cannot use in my household. I will continue to use standard incandescents in many of my applications.

mccoy178:

--- Quote from: Ken Layton on December 19, 2007, 06:32:43 pm ---Don't believe all the hype about 'compact fluorescents'. They are not all they're cracked up to be. Certain applications still require incandescent bulbs. Ovens and refrigerators still need incandescent bulbs because of the extreme temperatures. Most compact fluorescents say right on the package: not for use with dimmers, not for use in damp areas or bathrooms, not for use in fixtures where the bulb is enclosed (the fluorescent needs ventilation). Ever try to get one of those suckers to light up right away outdoors? My apartment owner had a compact fluorescent installed in the open fixture in the bottom stair landing at my apartment building. Whenever it was 50 degrees or colder outside that sucker took forever to light up plus it was dimmer than the incandescent it replaced. The owner switched it back to a 60 watt incandescent because of numerous tenant complaints of not being able to see the stairs at night.

I've actually had two of these compact fluorescents catch fire in normal operation. Good thing I was home to catch it right away or my place would have burnt down. Oh yeah, don't believe those "hour" life rating of compact fluorescents either. I get nowhere near the advertised life.

In some applications these bulbs make sense, yet in other applications you're throwing money away. I sure as hell don't need the government telling me what bulbs I can and cannot use in my household. I will continue to use standard incandescents in many of my applications.

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You kids get off my lawn! :angry:

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on December 19, 2007, 07:13:02 pm ---We'll need to reconsider our light fixtures, but the LEDs are getting -very- close.

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I agree with this... it shouldn't be long before there are LED packages out there that run off the standard 120v sockets.  They won't be cheap now but they could be in a few years.

Ed_McCarron:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 19, 2007, 03:26:17 pm ---They last much longer, run cooler, run cheaper...

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...add mercury to the waste stream...

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