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We tried to use a three way cfl bulb in our three way lamps. They didn't even last a month. We switched back to the regular 3 way bulbs. Most of the time we leave it at the 30 watt setting. My wife can read on that setting or the next one up. My father-in-law and I have to read at the high setting. I love having the cfl in the nightstand lamp. It's a bulb that's suppose to put out the light of a 40 watt bulb. What's good about this is you're not instantly blinded when turning on the lamp at night since it must warm up.
Another downside to CFL bulbs is they cannot be used with certain types of timers and adaptors (dusk till dawn switch for example). They're useless when used outside in the winter.
those high cost TCP full spectrum bulbs (that i sell and install) are identical to those you find for 1/10 the cost @ Wal-Mart. Why? Because they are repackaged TCP bulbs. Shhhhh.
Might be true for what you're familiar with but not necessarily true . Obviously I've got some from the local home center etc etc etc as well. If you put them side by side and both on for the same amount of time,stand back and look at them ... a blind person can see the difference in the spectrum output.
We replaced our often used (like hallways and top of kitchen sink and breakfast area) bulbs with CFLs and left the less often used (like bathrooms) with normal bulbs. It took some time to get used to them but now they seem to fit ok. No flicker noticed. All of them are 15Watts (equivalent to 65W).
I wish night lights are made with CFL bulbs. Each one of our night lights consumes (if I remember correctly) 7W and we have 8 or 9 of them. I saw the LED ones at HD the other day, but a little expensive compared to normal ones.
Anyways, some countries have recently outlawed incadescent bulbs... People simply can't buy them anymore. Yeah, I know it is extreme, but my personal opinion that this is needed to help reduce overall energy consumption. ie part of a solution... For example in my house, I replaced 14 65W incadescent bulbs with 14 15W CFL bulbs. That is a difference of 700W ... if everyone did something similar it can add up considerably. Sure, it doesn't work for everyone. I understand. However it is an eye opener when you see how it adds up..
We replaced our often used (like hallways and top of kitchen sink and breakfast area) bulbs with CFLs and left the less often used (like bathrooms) with normal bulbs. It took some time to get used to them but now they seem to fit ok. No flicker noticed. All of them are 15Watts (equivalent to 65W).
I wish night lights are made with CFL bulbs. Each one of our night lights consumes (if I remember correctly) 7W and we have 8 or 9 of them. I saw the LED ones at HD the other day, but a little expensive compared to normal ones.
Anyways, some countries have recently outlawed incadescent bulbs... People simply can't buy them anymore. Yeah, I know it is extreme, but my personal opinion that this is needed to help reduce overall energy consumption. ie part of a solution... For example in my house, I replaced 14 65W incadescent bulbs with 14 15W CFL bulbs. That is a difference of 700W ... if everyone did something similar it can add up considerably. Sure, it doesn't work for everyone. I understand. However it is an eye opener when you see how it adds up..
The problem w/flourescents is the price tag up front....it scares people off mostly. However if people calculated that they would pay themselves off in about 6-9 months, you'd get better sales of them IMO...
LED's will be the next flourescents in about 10 yrs IMO......
Use less energy than flourescents, but much more expensive and more limited...
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