AIUI, Congress in its infinite wisdom has enacted something which within
some
period of years will effectively ban the manufacture / sale within the
US of the
traditional incandescent light bulb, requiring replacment with various
"flavors" of
fluorescents or diode or other bulbs.

In that regard, I have had a few questions come up in my mind based on
experiences
I have had wih non incandescent bulbs. I am seeking your opinons on
(and specific
brand / model #s of) possible replacement non incandescent bulbs in the
following
applicaions:

1. Outdoor Motion Detector Fixtures.

A. I have six (6) of these in various locations around my house. Five
are for
pairs of the standard "flood light" type incandescent bulbs. They all
work fine with incandescent
bulbs. Not a single one will work at all when I replace the
incandescent bulbs with
outdoor fluorescent bulbs. What fluorescents or other non
incandecents will actually
work in this type of fixture?

Note: All grounds are "good" on all 5 fixtures. "Hots" are wired
to hot inside boxes, and neutrals are wired to neutral in all boxes.

B. I have one motion detector fixture in a sheltered covered walkway
which
uses a pair of the very small quartz / halogen bulbs. What fluorescents
or other non incandecents will actually
work in this type of fixture?

2. Outdoor Photocell Fixture. I have one outdoor photocell fixture
which uses a pair
of the standard outdoor incandescent flood lights. When I replace the
pair of incandescent
floods with outdoor fluorescents the fixture will not function.

Again, in this fixture, the ground is "good" and the "hot" is wired to
hot inside the
box, and neutral is wired to neutral in the box.

What fluorescents or other non incandecents will actually
work in this type of fixture?

3. Appliance bulbs. While I have not yet tried to replace any of
these, there are
incandescent bulbs in the big upright freezer; the freezer part of the
side by side
refrgerator; the refrigerator itself; the electric oven, and the microwave.

While these are all very brief intermittant use applicaions and not really
the kind of application consuming a lot of power, I don't see an
exemption in the
legislation for these types of incandescent bulbs.

Has anyone already seen a non incandescent bulb for appliance applications?

Over the last 10 years or so I have replaced every incandescent bulb in the
house with a fluorescent bulb. My KWH cosumption has gone down a lot,
but the
constant rate increases by Portland General Electric (PGE) have wiped
out any actual
dollar savings on my monthly bill or the reduced KWH consumption for

I am not interested in your opinions as to whether banning incandescet
bulbs
is or is not good public policy. I'm just trying to get info on what
bulbs work in
specific locations / applicatons / fixtures.

Thank you.