On Apr 23, 2:58*pm, keith wrote:
On Apr 23, 2:28*pm, ransley wrote:





On Apr 23, 9:58*am, keith wrote:

On Apr 23, 7:19*am, Tegger wrote:

ransley wrote :

On Apr 20, 5:25*pm, Tegger wrote:

I am happy to leave CFLs on the store shelf for others to buy.

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Tegger

And you are so blissfully happy paying 75% more for electricity for a
apliance that outputs near 95% of its energy consumed as heat.

Yep. Because in actual dollar terms, that 75% is a trivial amount of
money.

Run 11-100 w incandesants

Most of our incandescents are 40 and 60 watt. We do have a couple of
Tri-lites that go up to 150, but they're normally on at the 100W
setting.

Almost all of ours are 60W, though there are 4-12 per fixture. *;-)

and be happy knowing you AC this summer has to
remove that extra 1000w of heat

Well, that's part of the point. Generally speaking, when I need my
bulbs, the A/C is off. When I need my A/C, the bulbs are off.

Our heat pumps will "run" seven or eight months a year... *When in use
they don't often get shut down at night (though the thermostat will
cycle).

Moreover, in the winter, when the need for the bulbs is greatest, the
heat from the bulbs reduces the need for the furnace, so my gas bill is
lower.

Yep.

And we follow the ancient (and apparently forgotten) precept of turning
the lights off when we leave a room, so there are few bulbs left on
regularly. With incandescents, I can do that. Snap, it's on. Snap, it's
off. No waiting.

Perzactly! *The average bulb in our house is likely on for 2 minutes
per day with only the bathroom lights on for anything close to an hour
per day. *CFLs really suck in our application; won't have them.

CR and Popular Mechanics Mag did
reviews and dont agree with your happiness on color rendition of life
expectancy.

I see threads in this groups with comaplints about color unless you buy
/just/ the right kind of bulb. And being in people's homes with CFLs, I
have to disagree with CR. Also, CR is hard left-wing and as religiously
"green" as they come, so their judgements are unlikely to be bias-free.

Yep. *I don't like any CFLs I've seen. *They're ugly in expensive
light fixtures, as well. *No thanks.

With HDs 9 yr warranty my HD soft whites will be free
forever , be happy, stay ignorant.

Except that you had to pay ten times the cost of incandescents to get
that 9-year warranty...

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.45c a bulb, 1.85 a four pack for HD CFLs, you need to do some
learnin.

For cheap crap that looks like hell, will *not* last 9 years (and the
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Hey dumbs ass, .45c a piece, 9 yr warranty, 75% electric use
reduction, and if you think HD, GE, Phillips etc etc will go broke
then a cave is your best home option. You dont think.