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Default CFL vs incandescent bulb: Brightness

On 12/30/2010 01:43 AM, mm wrote:
On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:53:00 +0000,
(Bill G) wrote:



And keep in mind that another annoying "feature" of CFLs is
that they
don\'t achieve full brightness at turn-on, unlike incandescents.


I think that time is getting shorter.


Depends. The decorative globe ones that you would use in a bathroom are
still pretty bad. Also if you use CFLs outside, they're REAL dim when
it's below freezing until they come up to temp, although that is outside
their design parameters.

nate

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