Am I the only person left who needs more than a 100 watt lightbulb to read while laying on the couch?
From my research the other day (at Safeway’s lightbulb section) the fluorescent bulbs ought to be rated in candlepower, not lumens.
I ended-up buying 4, 200 watt incandescents and a couple three-ways up to 250 watts. The fluorescents aren’t there yet.
(Optometrists should be warning the public, shouldn’t they?)
My house was built with recessed lighting fixtures on the lower level. The kitchen and family room, which is all one open space, has 14 such fixtures. Had I left the original 65 watt floodlights in, they would consume 910 watts. The CFLs I installed consume 196 watts. That's less than one quarter of the original consumption level. The five 15 watt exterior lights use one fifth of the total the original 75 watt bulbs used, and they burn 18 hours a day in the winter. Had I not changed about 40 bulbs over to CFLs, my electric bill would be $150-200 a month instead of $70. I don't use CFLs because they're green or some ecofascist thinks I should, I use them because they save me lots of money.