Ceiling fan light bulb "go green" options?
 

Hi all,
I have ceiling fans throughout my house and they all have dimmer
knobs and sliding switches. I bought at Wal mart some compact
flourescent bulbs. I put in one, and it looked great, with no heat
output. I put in the other three and heard a buzzing noise. I quickly
cut off the lights and took a look at one of the bulbs. In teeny tiny
print on the neck of the bulbs it says "Not for use with dimmers." So
I looked at the other bulbs at Wal mart that are compact floursecents
and same deal, but nothing on the box about this.

Aren't the regular incandescent bulbs being phased out in 2009? If so,
what are my options? I'm trying to do the go green thing.

Thanks,
Josh
http://www.pingeek.com

Ceiling fan light bulb "go green" options?
 

On 5/21/2008 4:53 PM spake thus:

Hi all,
I have ceiling fans throughout my house and they all have dimmer
knobs and sliding switches. I bought at Wal mart some compact
flourescent bulbs. I put in one, and it looked great, with no heat
output. I put in the other three and heard a buzzing noise. I quickly
cut off the lights and took a look at one of the bulbs. In teeny tiny
print on the neck of the bulbs it says "Not for use with dimmers." So
I looked at the other bulbs at Wal mart that are compact floursecents
and same deal, but nothing on the box about this.

Get CFLs made for use with dimmers. (It'll say so on the package.)

Aren't the regular incandescent bulbs being phased out in 2009?

No, this is overreaction to rumors (and *planned* legislation by a few
bodies, the U.S. government and the state of California to *eventually*
phase out incandenscents). Don't sweat it just yet.


--
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute
conversation with the average voter.

- Attributed to Winston Churchill

Ceiling fan light bulb "go green" options?
 

wrote in message
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Hi all,
I have ceiling fans throughout my house and they all have dimmer
knobs and sliding switches. I bought at Wal mart some compact
flourescent bulbs. I put in one, and it looked great, with no heat
output. I put in the other three and heard a buzzing noise. I quickly
cut off the lights and took a look at one of the bulbs. In teeny tiny
print on the neck of the bulbs it says "Not for use with dimmers." So
I looked at the other bulbs at Wal mart that are compact floursecents
and same deal, but nothing on the box about this.

Aren't the regular incandescent bulbs being phased out in 2009? If so,
what are my options? I'm trying to do the go green thing.

Thanks,
Josh
http://www.pingeek.com

They don't currently make a good selection of dimmable CFL. Given time and
less government interference, the manufacturers will develope what people
want

Ceiling fan light bulb "go green" options?
 

On May 22, 7:13*am, "RBM" wrote:
wrote in message

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Hi all,
I have ceiling fans throughout my house and they all have dimmer
knobs and sliding switches. I bought at Wal mart some compact
flourescent bulbs. I put in one, and it looked great, with no heat
output. I put in the other three and heard a buzzing noise. *I quickly
cut off the lights and took a look at one of the bulbs. In teeny tiny
print on the neck of the bulbs it says "Not for use with dimmers." *So
I looked at the other bulbs at Wal mart that are compact floursecents
and same deal, but nothing on the box about this.

Aren't the regular incandescent bulbs being phased out in 2009? If so,
what are my options? I'm trying to do the go green thing.

Thanks,
Josh
http://www.pingeek.com

They don't currently make a good selection of dimmable CFL. Given time and
less government interference, the manufacturers will develope what people
want- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I found these:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...ct+flourescent

however, these all appear to be 75 watt and the warning on the fan
light fixtures say not to 60 over 60 watts.
Also not sure of the quality of these.

Josh
http://www.pingeek.com

Ceiling fan light bulb "go green" options?
 

On 5/22/2008 9:09 AM spake thus:

On May 22, 7:13 am, "RBM" wrote:
wrote in message
...

I have ceiling fans throughout my house and they all have dimmer
knobs and sliding switches. I bought at Wal mart some compact
flourescent bulbs. I put in one, and it looked great, with no heat
output. I put in the other three and heard a buzzing noise. I quickly
cut off the lights and took a look at one of the bulbs. In teeny tiny
print on the neck of the bulbs it says "Not for use with dimmers." So
I looked at the other bulbs at Wal mart that are compact floursecents
and same deal, but nothing on the box about this.

Aren't the regular incandescent bulbs being phased out in 2009? If so,
what are my options? I'm trying to do the go green thing.

They don't currently make a good selection of dimmable CFL. Given time and
less government interference, the manufacturers will develope what people
want- Hide quoted text -

I found these:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...ct+flourescent

however, these all appear to be 75 watt and the warning on the fan
light fixtures say not to 60 over 60 watts.
Also not sure of the quality of these.

The wattage rating is for incandescent bulbs, because of the heat
generated by them, not the actual power consumed. You can safely ignore
this for CFLs (which generate some heat, but less than an equivalent
incandescent).


--
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute
conversation with the average voter.

- Attributed to Winston Churchill

Ceiling fan light bulb "go green" options?
 

In ,
wrote:

Hi all,
I have ceiling fans throughout my house and they all have dimmer
knobs and sliding switches. I bought at Wal mart some compact
flourescent bulbs. I put in one, and it looked great, with no heat
output. I put in the other three and heard a buzzing noise. I quickly
cut off the lights and took a look at one of the bulbs. In teeny tiny
print on the neck of the bulbs it says "Not for use with dimmers." So
I looked at the other bulbs at Wal mart that are compact floursecents
and same deal, but nothing on the box about this.

Aren't the regular incandescent bulbs being phased out in 2009? If so,
what are my options? I'm trying to do the go green thing.

The new Federal law will ban "regular" incandescents in two stages, one
in 2012 and the other in 2014, depending on light output range. 60 watt
and 40 watt ones are affected in 2014.

Meanwhile, I have seen dimmable CFLs at Target. Also, Home Depot has
improved incandescents that are exempted from the ban for using 40 watts
to produce nearly as much light as "standard" 60 watt incandescents.
These, the "Halogena Energy Saver", are dimmable.

- Don Klipstein )

Ceiling fan light bulb "go green" options?
 

On Thu, 22 May 2008 23:04:13 -0400, "Mark" wrote:

[snip]


You're thinking of Analog TVs! Broadcasters are all going digital in 2009
so your analog TV will go dim on you!

In case you didn't know, that doesn't apply to low power and
translator stations.