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