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JoeSpareBedroom wrote the following:
I was perusing (actually interviewing) torchieres (floor lamps) at
Lowe's yesterday. All the non-halogen models had tags saying
"Required - incandescent bulb(s)" followed by recommended wattage.
These lamps had normal screw-in bulb sockets, and most did not have
dimmers or 3-way switches. The packaging said nothing about using
CFLs. The bulbs face up and there are no shades above the bulbs. Is
there some reason I can't use CFLs with these lamps, or is this
information just an omission from the labeling?

I asked one of the "experts", who drooled and went to find an
invisible manager, who was probably getting a lap dance in his office.
Nobody ever returned.

Because they look like the old torchieres, they are telling you that
they don't need the tube type bulbs that set fire to the house when
they are close to flammable material. CFLs should work.
I have 3 of the tube type and my house is still standing.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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What I don't get is why would somebody with such disdain for Lowes even
shop there...Or is this just another bash Big Boxes and Chineses stuff
thread.....I'm no "expert" but I would have checked the manufacturer's
website or called them....I wonder who is doing the drooling ???
LOL.......


You raise some interesting points. I have a choice to make for the lamp
in this particular room:

1) Buy Chinese product at Lowe's

2) Buy Chinese product at electrical supply place (which I love) for
three times the price

3) Buy Chinese product at boutique lighting store for ten times the price


So you know that going in , yet you still found it necessary to belittle
some poor slep working for 10 bucks an hour at Lowes....


When an employee says he's going to get a manager and never returns, then
yes, I belittle him. Mediocrity has nothing to do with how much you're paid.