10-18-2008, 01:16 AM
About two years ago we had some work done in our basement--which as you might imagine has little natural light--and the electrician and wife decided that track lighting and halogens would be the way to go for light from above.
Nice lights, but as I discovered the first time one burned out--expensive. We've been running GE Halogen 75s (50 watts) in them, and they burn out fairly often; there are big temperature differences down there and I think turning them on when it's 45-50 degrees doesn't help things.
At least four of them are burned out right now and I'm thinking about replacing them with something much more economical--perhaps a CFL--but do they make CFLs which are flood or track lighting? I can't tell from the web site of my local home supply store.
We've been buying the halogens on sale at Ace hardware for something like $7-8 each which is insane given how short a life that they offer.
So, any thoughts on a replacement light strategy?
Nice lights, but as I discovered the first time one burned out--expensive. We've been running GE Halogen 75s (50 watts) in them, and they burn out fairly often; there are big temperature differences down there and I think turning them on when it's 45-50 degrees doesn't help things.
At least four of them are burned out right now and I'm thinking about replacing them with something much more economical--perhaps a CFL--but do they make CFLs which are flood or track lighting? I can't tell from the web site of my local home supply store.
We've been buying the halogens on sale at Ace hardware for something like $7-8 each which is insane given how short a life that they offer.
So, any thoughts on a replacement light strategy?