Posted on 12/04/2011 3:48:27 PM PST by djf
I don't know of any now... but here are my thoughts... Sometime between now and Jan 1 large chains and even local stores will DUMP THEIR INVENTORY possibly for PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR!
So if you hear about good deals for 100 watters, please post away. I need to stock up on the clear ones...
Me too.
My 95 Ford 150 pickup truck? They’ll never pry it from my Ruger 22/10, my Remington 870 pump hands or my antique Remington Model 12 pump.
NO WAY!
Agree 100% on LEDs. Our state (WI) is offering big rebates to people who buy the LED bulbs. Never considered them until I saw them in action. I’m putting them into the kitchen first - recessed - and them will be looking to add them elsewhere. 7-10 watts per, dimmable, and similar output to 65w incandescents without the heat.
You might have tried, however you certainly know how to moderate. Don’t you?
My experience has been that 99% of the people dont know how to determine if they are saving utility bills. They make it up. In other words, I don’t believe you.
Sounds to me like you just want to argue.
Sorry.
Not gonna play.
Hey idiot. I pay the bills.
Are those the same that are on some of the cars? They have that piercing blue white light? If so, I cannot look at those lights when I'm driving, literally hurts my eyes.
The very huge difference between the new CFL’s and the old florescent tubes is they had a step up transformer {ballast} which could withstand the heat it generated. Those bulbs lasted for years. CFL’s by their very design using an electronic ballast in a very confined space usually will not despite the hype. If you get 3-6 months you likely did good. Also one voltage spike or surge due to storm Bye Bye CFL bulb.
The reason why they’ve got to ban the incandescent bulbs is that Obama is shutting down 30% of the electric utility capacity.
You might want too read post 91. Newer technology in the case of CFL's is in fact NOT better. Nor is it more monetary efficient. If you want to talk older florescent with tubes I will agree they can save money but not CFL's. You may be lucky and live in an area where the voltage is about 115/230. Utilities are quietly jacking voltage into homes too 225/250 and I do know what I am talking about. That means ZERO room for voltage surge or spike with will smoke the CFL electronic ballast.
I understand planned obsolescence very well and I also know that CFL’s are inefficient at best, however down here in southern Utah we have weird power issues that we deal with daily. Surges are a way of life.
Wish we knew how to deal with it.
I would like to have a choice without government interference. The market would work without Leftists telling me what I can and cannot buy.
Of course you can go somewhere and find a government bureaucracy to lead you around by the nose.
I would like to have a choice without government interference. The market would work without Leftists telling me what I can and cannot buy.
Of course you can go somewhere and find a government bureaucracy to lead you around by the nose.
Also irksome is the fact that the new lights have to be disposed of separately because of the mercury. How many, do you think, will be disposed of in the same old way, resulting in mercury in our water-table/land?
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Used to be you could buy like diodes or rectifiers that fit into the socket in front of the bulb. Turned the AC into a pulsed, more smoother DC and supposedly gave the bulbs a much longer lifespan.
I seem to remember you could get them through Edmunds Scientific or some such... I used to get tons of stuff from those guys when I was a kid!
I never tried that. But a dimmer even slightly dim might extend life somewhat also.
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