Jeff,<br><br>You must be doing something wrong. <br><br>They just paid me $35 not to use my garage refrigerator anymore.<br><br> (I replaced it with a 10 year old fridge, so the theory must be that I will consume less and thus they need less power plant construction if they buy all the old, inefficient, refrigerators out there. <br>
<br>Greg<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Lightner, Jeff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jlightner@water.com">jlightner@water.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
So the secret for getting 10 years is to leave them on all the time?<br>
That seems like it might defeat the energy savings point of using CFLs.<br>
:-)<br>
<br>
I haven't seen 10 years on any yet (mainly because I've been buying them<br>
for less than 5) but have seen some die. They still have a longer life<br>
than the average incandescent.<br>
<br>
Ever notice that despite all the energy "savings" that have been forced<br>
on us over the years our power bills continue to rise? One of these<br>
days they'll figure out how to have everything run itself via hyperspace<br>
radiation they aren't providing, yet charge us $1000/month for the<br>
privilege of not using their power plants.<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] On Behalf Of Ron<br>
Frazier<br>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 12:10 PM<br>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Disposal of standard fluorescent lamps?<br>
<br>
I think it depends on how the photo sensor switches the light on and<br>
off. I had a motion sensor using a CFL for a while, and the bulb lasted<br>
less than 1 year.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Ron<br>
<br>
On 03/29/2011 07:44 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:<br>
> Ron Frazier wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I went all CFL about a year ago in my house for all screw in bulbs.<br>
Room<br>
>> lights are circular FL, and a couple of rooms have 4 ft. tubes. I<br>
think<br>
>> the old 4 ft. tubes are not terribly efficient because of the old<br>
>> ballast. Just haven't gotten around to replacing them. I removed the<br>
two<br>
>> or three dimmers that were in the house. It's somewhat frustrating<br>
>> without them, but not too bad. In some fixtures, I left a couple of<br>
>> sockets empty so everything wasn't so bright. Using the dimmer on the<br>
>> CFL will destroy the electronics as far as I know. By the way, the<br>
same<br>
>> thing applies to using them with a photo sensor or motion detector,<br>
>> unless they're specifically rated for CFL. Generally, to work<br>
properly,<br>
>> the photo sensor or motion detector would have to activate the lamp<br>
with<br>
>> a relay rather than a solid state switch as far as I know.<br>
>><br>
> I've not heard about this issue with the photo sensor, but I've got an<br>
> outside spot light set (two bulbs) controlled by a photo sensor and it<br>
> works just fine with the two CFLs I've got in there. I've got two<br>
other<br>
> spot light sets on my house that auto dim, so I can't use the CFLs<br>
with<br>
> those.<br>
><br>
><br>
>> FYI, if you break one of these things, and follow the recommended<br>
>> cleanup, it's pretty ugly, to the point of throwing away clothing<br>
which<br>
>> gets the phosphor on it. Google for CFL cleanup or something and look<br>
>> for reputable sites. I had a link somewhere once, but don't know<br>
where<br>
>> it is now.<br>
>><br>
>> Sincerely,<br>
>><br>
>> Ron<br>
>><br>
>> On 03/28/2011 03:53 PM, Greg Freemyer wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Jim Kinney<<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>> This is good to know! I'm finding the "10 year life span" to be<br>
totally crap<br>
>>>> marketing and have a small collection of CFL's and few 4' tubes<br>
that need a<br>
>>>> funeral.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> BTW: CFL's are in general not designed for "base up" operation<br>
unless<br>
>>>> specified.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>> Nor do they work with a dimmer unless specified. And even then,<br>
they<br>
>>> are not near as good with a dimmer as traditional incandescent<br>
lights.<br>
>>><br>
>>> fyi: the state of Georgia may pass a law that it is legal to<br>
>>> manufacture and sell incandescent in GA as long as they don't cross<br>
>>> the state line. (ie. Fed Law only kicks in when products ship<br>
between<br>
>>> states.)<br>
>>><br>
>>> I know the proposed law passed the state senate a few weeks ago. I<br>
>>> have been interested enough to follow it in the house.<br>
>>><br>
>>> My mine desire is to be able to have incandescent lights in places I<br>
>>> use a dimmer. After all, dimmer's save electricity too unless you<br>
>>> keep them at max. most of the time.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Greg<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>><br>
><br>
><br>
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