On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:36:06 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:28:10 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


I'll have to ask Larry about his sources. I pay around $6, on those rare
occasions that I buy one.

Bi-Mart, a PNW-exclusive membership store.

But I've also seen them for that price at Grover's Plumbing and
Electric, WalMart, etc.

4 for $11 + s/h he http://tinyurl.com/2sffna

Lowes, 8/$8 http://tinyurl.com/3bgato

P.S: The yellowish "Warm White" bulbs SUCK!

So, which ones are best for color?

Most bulbs with 20+ watts. The 13W bulbs just weakly bleat out yellow
colors and aren't good for much of anything. I much prefer anything
with a 4000K or higher rating. Bluer is good, yellower is bad. Higher
CRI ratings seem to go hand in hand with higher Kelvin output.


Wiki up the latest info and best CF compilation I've seen yet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp

See the pic with the 4 styles of lamps? I much prefer the lefthand
one.


and the one for LED lamps:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED_lamp

Yikes. More than I would ever want to know. d8-) Thanks, it's good to know
it's there.

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