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Re: Just installed my first compact fluorescent light bulb. - ka jowct - 03-12-2009
I've got 3-ways on our bedroom lamps & they're fine.
I thought at least one or two of your guys would have read something into that post by now.
Re: Just installed my first compact fluorescent light bulb. - Racer X - 03-12-2009
trying not too.... I have found out that in my 3 ways, one gives up early..........
Re: Just installed my first compact fluorescent light bulb. - Robert M - 03-12-2009
Hi everyone,
Been using compact fluorescent bulbs for year. Have always lasted much longer than incandescent bulbs. The only ones that were a problem were dirt cheap no-name brands. Replaced those with one from a reputable brand and problems vanished. That said, the lighting store I go to for bulbs, fixtures, switches, wall plates and related items said to stay away from dimmable fluorescent bulbs. They exist but they are unreliable. He said to wait a year or two for the technology to mature. I suspect they'd say the same thing about three-way fluorescent bulbs. That and he said to stick with a reputable brand. No-name brands tend to be problematic. My experiences support what the staff said to me.
Robert
Re: Just installed my first compact fluorescent light bulb. - GGD - 03-12-2009
Robert M wrote:
That said, the lighting store I go to for bulbs, fixtures, switches, wall plates and related items said to stay away from dimmable fluorescent bulbs. They exist but they are unreliable. He said to wait a year or two for the technology to mature.
I wonder if they've heard of this dimmer/bulb combination and have any opinions. I've been tempted to give it a try.
http://www.lutron.com/CMS400/page.aspx?id=22117
It might be that the only way for the technology to mature is for the dimmer to change and this might be the first attempt at that.
Re: Just installed my first compact fluorescent light bulb. - Filliam H. Muffman - 03-12-2009
The only incandescent bulb in my apartment is the one in the fridge. I have not had a single CFL die in the last year.
Re: Just installed my first compact fluorescent light bulb. - ztirffritz - 03-12-2009
I'm still waiting for someone to start making cost competitive LED lighting.
Re: Just installed my first compact fluorescent light bulb. - Racer X - 03-12-2009
I saw a bunch of different configuration LED light bulbs in multipacks at Costco this weekend. Floods, mini base candelabra bulbs and at least a third type.
Re: Just installed my first compact fluorescent light bulb. - mattkime - 03-12-2009
LEDs may be viable by the time current CFLs reach end of life (as stated on box)
Re: Just installed my first compact fluorescent light bulb. - Article Accelerator - 03-12-2009
In addition to the frequently strange color temperatures of CFLs, their poor color rendition indexes, their mercury and other heavy metal content, and their un-dimmability (at least not without special CFL types and/or very expensive dimmers), it has now been determined that, at least in colder climates, the energy savings aren't near what they appear to be:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/03/04/mb-light-bulbs.html
Re: Just installed my first compact fluorescent light bulb. - AAA - 03-12-2009
My wife just stepped into the room I put the CFL. First words out of her mouth
"Man, that thing does not give off much light in here"
I guess I'll have to wire another bulb in there.
My garage is currently two 150 Watts and one 100 watt. I'll need about 4 100 watt equiv CFLs for that room.