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On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:15:16 -0700, "DGDevin"
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"Jon Danniken" wrote in message
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I am currently using a 60W bulb for that exact purpose - to provide
heat
in a small space.

Jon

When I wore a younger man's clothes I worked in oilfield camps in the
frozen
north. The big tanks of propane which provided heat for the trailers had
insulated boxes under them containing lightbulbs that were powered by the
camp diesel generator which ran 24/7. The heat from those bulbs kept the
propane from turning into a gel and not flowing to the heaters.

The very fact that an incandescent bulb produces so much heat (as opposed
to
light) from the electricity it consumes should be a hint as to why such
bulbs are no longer such a great idea. When we switched to CFLs our
electric bill took a dive. Pay more for power vs. pay less for power,
hmmmm, tough call.

Nonsense. A 100W incandescent bulb will put out exactly the same heat as
a
100W fluorescent; 100W.

WHAT???? A 100W CFL puts out far more light energy than a 100W incandescent
bulb. What you probably mean is that they draw the same amount of
electrical current, but for instance a CFL rated at 23W is considered the
equivalent in light energy to a 100W tungsten bulb. Now think of how dim a
25W incandescent bulb is an you have an idea of the difference in how much
of that energy is being lost as heat, not light, in a tungsten bulb.

--
Bobby G.