Posted by Pops1532 on January 31, 2014 at 13:27:11 from (98.227.133.60):
In Reply to: Time flies! posted by Eldon (WA) on January 30, 2014 at 21:19:17:
Big brother phased out 100 watt incandescent bulbs a few years ago. 40 & 60 watts can no longer be made in or imported to the US.
I have not had good luck with the CFL bulbs. The worst ones I've had only lasted a few days. The best ones about a year and a half. Some were slow to come on, all cast an ugly color, and some make noise.
We're supposed to use the CFL's to conserve energy. The energy savings is supposed to offset the higher cost of the CFL's. The problem with that theory is closet lights and other seldom used lights will never get used enough to pay for themselves in energy savings. One of the reasons for using CFL's is they don't give off heat like incandescent bulbs. If you think about it, lights are used more during the winter so the heat from the incandescent bulbs can actually be a cheaper form of heat than running a furnace.
Another problem with CFL's is the UV light....which causes fading. When the ban on incandescent bulbs was announced museums started stocking up on incandescent bulbs because they don't want to subject items to the UV light from the CFL's.
Some people can't handle fluorescent light. It causes them health problems. Oh, let's not forget the mercury in the CFL's. Not long after CFL's were introduced it was reported that a woman in CA broke one. She had read the warnings on the packaging so she knew about the mercury. She called some government agency and when it was all over she had something likea $7000 bill from the HAZMAT team.
I collect gas pump globes. I have a lot of them. No way, no how will I put CFL's in them because of the fading and because they make the globes look awful. I recently stocked up on 40W incandescents. I probably didn't get enough though.
Specialty incandescent bulbs are still available, but they are now quite expensive.
I don't have a problem with CFL's being on the market or people wanting to use them. I do have a big problem with government telling me what kind of light bulb I have to use.
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