CFL Light Bulbs

[tis]

Originally Posted by Denny Crane

The ban was overturned last December 2011. It's now a myth so people can stop stock piling them in their bunkers. I can't get any type bulb to last in my lamp post for more than 2 months. The previous owner had an incandescent last 10 years in it.

Is that true? I hadn't heard that. So we still have a choice?

[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by tis

Is that true? I hadn't heard that. So we still have a choice?

I heard the ban on incandescent bulbs was only extended for one year...Can't confirm this however.

Oops! Here is an article from The Washington Times saying the ban was in fact overturned! http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...ight-bulb-ban/

Dan

[tis]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

I heard the ban on incandescent bulbs was only extended for one year...Can't confirm this however.

Oops! Here is an article from The Washington Times saying the ban was in fact overturned! http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...ight-bulb-ban/

Dan

THanks for posting that. I am very fond of the old fashioned light bulbs. I am glad they are not banned.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

I heard the ban on incandescent bulbs was only extended for one year...Can't confirm this however.

Oops! Here is an article from The Washington Times saying the ban was in fact overturned! http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...ight-bulb-ban/

Dan

I don't think it says that the bill was overturned, at least I don't read it that way.

Here is what it states:

"The spending bill doesn’t actually amend the 2007 law, but does prohibit the administration from spending any money to carry out the light bulb standards — which amounts to at least a temporary reprieve."

[P-3 Guy]

Here's an interesting article on the subject:

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environ...-bulb-ban-0701

[SIKSUKR]

That sure is an interesting article...from the left.Which is fine but I get turned off right away and tend to discredit anything that followed after seeing its initial agenda which it scolds on the other side.

I'll yield and say I'd love to see incandecent bulbs that are 25% more efficient.Where andwhat are they?How is it possible?Anybody have any answers?

[upthesaukee]

Eventually, LED lights will come down in price, and they will last a long time. I do have a friend who has replaced almost every fixture in his house with LED bulbs, and swears by them...He does say it takes a little getting used to the "color" of the light, but found it better than CFL's.

Just going to miss the sound of that incandescent bulb exploding when it hits the floor after being dropped while standing on a ladder. And of course it is always the good bulb that drops, usually when you try to save the old bulb from falling.

[HellRaZoR004]

I recently replaced nearly all the incandescent and CFL bulbs in my house with LED bulbs.

http://www.homedepot.com/Electrical-...1#.UMDScuTAd_g

I got these from Home Depot, which also come with an instant $5 off coupon in NH. Initially I never liked the color of LEDs and how they were never bright enough. These however are brighter than the CFL equivalent and the color is not the awful blue/white.

I also replaced all the recessed lights with these, which also come with I think a $10 mail in rebate:
http://www.homedepot.com/Electrical-...1#.UMDTVuTAd_g

I still need to replace a number of fixtures that use halogen bulbs. Those things get hot, and use a lot of power.

I also think CFLs are a waste of time. They take too long to turn on fully (especially in the winter) and a lot of people get headaches from them.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

That sure is an interesting article...from the left.Which is fine but I get turned off right away and tend to discredit anything that followed after seeing its initial agenda which it scolds on the other side.

I'll yield and say I'd love to see incandecent bulbs that are 25% more efficient.Where andwhat are they?How is it possible?Anybody have any answers?

You have quite the imagination if you think that article is written "from the left". Jim DiPeso (who I like) is a conservative and at the time he wrote that article he was the policy director for the "Republicans for Environmental Protection".

[P-3 Guy]

Originally Posted by Rusty

You have quite the imagination if you think that article is written "from the left". Jim DiPeso (who I like) is a conservative and at the time he wrote that article he was the policy director for the "Republicans for Environmental Protection".

Thank you, Rusty, for reading beyond the headline and all the way to the byline. Sometimes facts are inconvenient things.