[sionnsar]

Too bad. I don't have that problem. Our house is outfitted with these in order to reduce our power bills. Kept shaded, I don't see the difference in light. (Directly-viewed lamps remain incandescent, and we don't buy the ugly old-phosphor bulbs.)

In terms of mercury pollution, our contribution is somewhere in the vicinity of one old-style household fever thermometer broken every couple of decades or three.

[blackbart.223]

" Kept shaded, I don't see the difference in light."

I did see a difference in light even though they were shaded. The other problem I found with them is they tend to make a humming noise I find quite annoying.

I put one in a reading lamp by my bed and it didn't take long for me to pitch the S.O.B. out.