"Brussels pulls plug on old light bulbs"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... 0.xml#form
Lots of comments on why we don't want to compel the exclusive
use of CFL "bulbs".
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More light bulbs.
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Bill Sikes
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Bill Sikes
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More light bulbs.
Soberano;575099 wrote: Make them the same price and just as bright and i am all for them.
.... with the same or better quality of light, and negligable warm-up time, and available for all types of light fittings, then I'd be with you.
.... with the same or better quality of light, and negligable warm-up time, and available for all types of light fittings, then I'd be with you.
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Richard Bell
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More light bulbs.
Soberano;575099 wrote: Make them the same price and just as bright and i am all for them.
Over here, they are now about twice the price of an incandescent bulb, but considering they last much longer ( assuming the cat doesn't knock over the lamp. It's happened twice to me
) and use 20% of the electricity, it's a bargain.
I have no problem with the light quality or intensity. In a coolish room, they take about three minutes to warm up to full brightness. Even the outdoor porch light is at full power after 15-20 minutes on a frigid winter night.
I haven't encountered the flickering, outside of a really crappy one that had a bad solder connection to the base. Didn't buy that brand again.
I've had the best luck with GE CFLs, manufactured in Italy or Hungary. The crappy one was Chinese, but dodgy quality with Chinese made goods is all too common.
Over here, they are now about twice the price of an incandescent bulb, but considering they last much longer ( assuming the cat doesn't knock over the lamp. It's happened twice to me
) and use 20% of the electricity, it's a bargain.I have no problem with the light quality or intensity. In a coolish room, they take about three minutes to warm up to full brightness. Even the outdoor porch light is at full power after 15-20 minutes on a frigid winter night.
I haven't encountered the flickering, outside of a really crappy one that had a bad solder connection to the base. Didn't buy that brand again.
I've had the best luck with GE CFLs, manufactured in Italy or Hungary. The crappy one was Chinese, but dodgy quality with Chinese made goods is all too common.