"BE" wrote in message
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Howdy, anyone here have any experience with Compact Fluorescent light
bulbs? My wife just had an Oprah moment and is singing their praises.
http://www.servicelighting.com/catalog_product_list.cfm?cat_num=020203&link_c=lig ht-bulbs-fluorescents
I'm sure that there is an energy saving, not sure about the type of
light - if its annoying to anyone etc.

Three years ago we changed about 40 bulbs throughout the house with compact
fluorescents, and only one has burnt out. The lights are instant-on, do not
flicker, are a pleasing yellow-white light, and take less than 1/4 the juice
to run, vs incandescents, so payout at two dollars a whack (common on-sale
price) is impressively short.. You get the drift . . . .we've become total
fans.
Please be aware on the website you post, the prices shown at service
lighting are outrageous. We pay about 2 bucks a bulb or less, when you get
six packs, say, at Home Depot. Our local ACE hardware sells the same models
for 6-8 bucks per bulb. Don't get it.
Also, be aware that the "covered" bulbs have less light output, and heat up
more. We always get the exposed spiral shaped compacts - the covered ones
only for exterior exposed areas.