WDS wrote:
On Jun 3, 2:39 pm, Ajanta wrote:
Of course they are sold everywhere but I have a HD near me.

I see these multipacks in red, blue or green packaging and am trying to
figure out which one is good for what purpose.

Hey, are any of the new ones dimmable? I can now find dimmable CFL
floodlights at stores but not "normal" bulbs.

Also, how quick are they to warm up? Some of the CFLs I have come on
at about half light immediately and warm up over a few minutes to full
brightness. Those are great! Some others are really dim when they
first come on and are very slow to warm up. Still usable but annoying
in some uses.

As for when to replace them I am replacing bulbs as they burn out and
sometimes swapping bulbs (put in a CFL for the oft used kitchen light
and use that old bulb from there to replace an infrequent use one that
burnt out elsewhere). I really decided to dive into this when 3 of 5
standard bulbs in my kitchen and 3 of 6 halogen floodlights in my
family room burned out in one week!

Moving an incandescent lamp to different fixtures will cause it to fail
a hell of a lot faster then if it stays in the same fixture. In its
original location the hot filament stretches and hangs downward and it
likes to stay that way. Moving it to a different location means that
the filament will now sag and hang in a different position and this
causes premature failure.

Tony