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To: sunmars
The new fluorescent bulbs are hideous, don’t give much light

The conversion the packages use are 1 CFL watt = 4-5 incandescent watts, so a 15 watt CFL is listed as replacing a 60 watt incandescent. From what I've seen a 3x factor would be more accurate for real usage, so a 15 watt CFL only really matches a 45 watt incandescent and you'll need a 20 watt CFL for a 60 watt incandescent.

23 posted on 09/01/2010 8:30:42 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
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To: KarlInOhio

if you break it, get some thick gloves on, those things have some mercury in there and theres a debate going on that they are in fact quite harmful if broken.


27 posted on 09/01/2010 8:33:45 AM PDT by sunmars
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