“but even at 70 degrees ambient temperature if the light hasn’t been on for a while, its a 15-30 second wait for it to be giving off full luminescence.
I am not opposed to CFL’s, I use them where I find them applicable, but they are NOT a replacement for an incandescent. When you want full light at the flick of a switch instantly the CFL’s don’t provide this.”
The BS I see you guys pushing is nonsense.
I have been using these bulbs for a good dozen years, in fact that is all I use now except for a couple of LED lights.
I’m not aware of a 15-30 second turn-on, my bulbs don’t burn out quickly, my bulbs don’t burst into flames, I know that they make versions for decorative applications like chandeliers and conventional globe shapes. The ones I use in my motion sensor porch lights work fine.
I have been buying mine dirt cheap including the 125 watt equivalent 2000 lumen version that I pay about $1.99 for, because I prefer it in my reading lamps.
As far as outdoor, cold weather versions and versions made for dimmers, I believe that those are available.
Sorry, its not nonsense, its absolutely true.
I have CFL’s and I use them, and they don’t instant on at full light, sorry. If you believe they do, I think a trip to the optomitrist might be in order.
I have 2 “100 watt equivalents” in one room, and 2 in hallways, and 2 on my front porch, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM, when turned on and hasn’t been on in a while start out MAYBE giving off the light equivalent of a 25 watt bulb at best, this lasts for about 15-30 seconds when they finally ramp up to full output.
No BS about it my friend, its fact. CFL’s are not “INSTANT ON AT FULL LUMINENCE”.
All CFL’s have a WARM UP CURVE, ALL OF THEM...
Slow warm-up behavior is caused by the mercury amalgam used to control mercury vapor pressure is most modern CFLs.
You can deny all you want, but physics are physics my friend, and facts are facts. NON compact florescent use a different method and start at 50% output and rapidly rise to 100%... CFL’s by and large do not.