On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:53:16 +0000 (UTC), Don Klipstein wrote:
In ,
z wrote in part:

Maybe the outdoor bulbs are designed to fire at lower temps than the
indoor bulbs?

Anyway, yeah, electric heat is cheaper

Where? Not USA national average, nor the metropolitan areas of NYC,
Chicago or Philadelphia.

electric heat isn't cheaper anywhere. The price of fuel oil would have to
quadruple to equal the cost of electric heat and if fossil fuels became so
expensive, electricity would also become more expensive.