Posted on 01/16/2011 11:31:27 AM PST by Kaslin
The danger from CFL’s overrated. Incandescents suck because they burn out frequently. With more expensive CFLs, you come out ahead on energy costs and and not having to change them on a frequent basis.
Halogens are good alternatives.
I'd instruct my lawyer to file a concurrent lawsuit against the Government and the manufacturers while also pleading extenuating, involuntary medical circumstances caused by MERCURY BULBS! [And, the weasel lawyer would be happy to do it]
I don't need the government telling me what lightbulbs I can and cannot use, I'll take incandescents any day of the week, I have no need to call the hazmat people if one should break, life is too short to be dealing with this nonsense, I think the government as more important things to consider.
Them little suckers put out lots of heat....gotta watch where you use them.
CFL have there merits but we just dont want to be forced to use them.
You can get incandescent light bulbs rated for 25,000 hours that are used by the hospitality industry. If you use them for an average of 7 hours a day they’ll burn out in just a little under 10 years and cost about a buck or less per bulb depending on how many you buy.
https://www.nathosp.com/product/25k19_c/standard_incandescent_light_bulbs
Once you stock up all you’ll have to do is watch out for the light bulb police who’ll be monitoring everyone who might be using those unauthorized, evil incandescents!
Agreed... if you watch where you put your fingers when you install the bulb, they’re a pretty good alternative to incandescents. They have a long life and they burn pretty bright.
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I just noticed one of the 42W (150W equivalents) had burned out in my basement. It lasted a couple of years - like most of the incandescents I had down there before. Now, the dilemma, where/how to throw it away.....not a big question. It goes in the trash and to the land fill....I’m not going out of my way to accomodate the government. They can ride with the trashman to the dump if they want to. I didn’t ask for this.
That is true. Before; when I used Incandescent light bulbs, I had to replace them every 2 month
Vu1 Corporation is developing the ESL bulb (electron stimulated luminescence).
No toxic, vapor-form mercury like a CFL, the light spectrum of an incandescent, it’s dimmable, and lasts for about 10,000 hours.
http://www.vu1corporation.com/
Don’t halogens use a lot of power?
Throw em in the garbage... just watch out for the garbage police while you’re doing the dirty deed.
Except for the old carbon filament type bulbs; like this 109 year old light bulb.
I think I’ll just wrap them up in one of my grand daughter’s used poopy diapers......good luck to the inspector!...hahahhahaahhaahahahahaaaa
“I don’t need the government telling me what lightbulbs I can and cannot use”
Of course, that you would express such an ignorant opinion is proof positive that you need “experts” in Congress to help you sort through all those confusing choices and narrow them down to the one that will save mankind...
It’s surprising that members of Congress are not automatically conferred sainthood: they struggle night and day to make lives better for boobs who are too stupid to even appreciate what Congress is doing for them...
But fortunately, our Founders had the foresight to create a government “of the experts, by the experts and for the experts” etc., so congress-critters can plunge ahead knowing that Jefferson, Madison, Adams and Franklin etc. would admire their handiwork.
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