[Petronski]

It is in the winter.

Don't be so simple. Not even in winter is it logical if your heating fuel is cheaper than your electricity per unit of heat produced. And if those lamps are high in the room, or sealed in a fixture, you won't profit from the wasted heat anyway.

[raybbr]

Don't be so simple. Not even in winter is it logical if your heating fuel is cheaper than your electricity per unit of heat produced. And if those lamps are high in the room, or sealed in a fixture, you won't profit from the wasted heat anyway.

So. Your usual sense of humor is visiting friends tonight?

[intenseracer]

I have been wondering what was going to come of the mercury in the bulbs...which is why we dont use them, even in miniscule amounts mercury is poison. As a rule, we much prefer incandescent. The reason is the much nicer light, and lack of “frequency” as found in flourescent.