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Change that bulb!
Tennessee Valley Authority ^ | open | TVA staff

Posted on 01/23/2012 10:01:01 PM PST by Rabin

Most people have incandescent (in-can-DESS-ent) light bulbs in their house. These bulbs get very hot and use a lot of energy.

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Amazing.

Agenda sorta, or just crony driven propaganda. Non-tax dollars at work.

Rab

1 posted on 01/23/2012 10:01:16 PM PST by Rabin
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OF course they won't explain in detail on that first page how NOT to dispose of CFL bulbs.

I so want to go to the capital and throw a box of them onto the senate floor...just to see how they would react.

2 posted on 01/23/2012 10:05:29 PM PST by Paul46360
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To: Rabin

i luv curlycue bulbs...


3 posted on 01/23/2012 10:07:59 PM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: Rabin

No, clear propaganda.

The compact florescent bulbs do not last anything like 13 times as long, as stated on the website. I think they last about 2x as long, based on my observation. In terms of cost they might charitably be called a wash; in terms of quality of light they are a step back. Since I refuse to feel guilty for being a white, Western civilization-type, I wonder what the big deal is with this inferior technology. Guess I need reeducation. I’ll report to the rice paddies in the morning.


4 posted on 01/23/2012 10:10:16 PM PST by LifePath
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5 posted on 01/23/2012 10:10:54 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Rabin

Easier said than done in some cases. If you have lamps that use a shade that clamps over the bulb, they don’t work with cfl’s. The cfl’s seem to be not as bright as its incandescent equivalent. You can go higher though since the wattage is so reduced.

The biggest problem though is finding reliable cfls that are dimmable and I haven’t seen any for 42 watt range equal to the 150 incandescent that we use in our computer room. The 100 isn’t really bright enough.

If you read reviews at sites people complain about the bulbs going bad too fast for the prices paid and you have to be careful if you get the wrong bulb it will cast a bluish light or with the led a greenish light. ick


6 posted on 01/23/2012 10:12:02 PM PST by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: Rabin

Let’s hear it for Heat Balls, especially in the winter.


7 posted on 01/23/2012 10:12:25 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Rabin

Thank BUSH for signing that bill.

The buck stops there.


8 posted on 01/23/2012 10:17:45 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: Rabin
Change that bulb!

KMA!

9 posted on 01/23/2012 10:18:03 PM PST by 70times7 (Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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To: Paladin2

Or you have a wife who has seizures because of the flickering in the CFL bulb. That is just great, I hope they get the LED bulbs working well before I run out of the incandescent bulb I have stock piled. I wish the government was not so stupid. Well I could just get the oil lamp out again. Had to use it when the power went out last week.


10 posted on 01/23/2012 10:19:19 PM PST by jimpick
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To: Rabin

Won’t go well with my tagline, but.....

Take your mercury laced bulbs and shove them up your ass!


11 posted on 01/23/2012 10:21:32 PM PST by Anti-Hillary (No Jesus, No Peace! Know Jesus, Know Peace!)
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To: Carthego delenda est

Cart, “i luv curlycue bulbs...”

Mmmm, uu, sure. Gotta get a curly too.

R.


12 posted on 01/23/2012 10:23:07 PM PST by Rabin
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To: jimpick

Well, there is always the white gas, Coleman lantern.


13 posted on 01/23/2012 10:23:18 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Netizen

The manufacturers of inkjet cartridges furnish packaging to send them back for recycling. Why not require twisty bulb manufacturers to do the same.


14 posted on 01/23/2012 10:23:48 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: Rabin
Oh, and I got another thing to say.... I remember the old school thermometers that we had to dispose of (no great loss) because the mercury in them was “dangerous”!!! But these new crappy bulbs are “great”! Libs make me want to pull my hair out.

LEAVE ME AND MY LIGHTBULBS ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

15 posted on 01/23/2012 10:26:02 PM PST by Anti-Hillary (No Jesus, No Peace! Know Jesus, Know Peace!)
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To: 70times7

Change that bulb!
KMA!


Yep.

Let them draw a big crowd of tree huggers and then KMA.


16 posted on 01/23/2012 10:29:56 PM PST by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: Paul46360
I so want to go to the capital and throw a box of them onto the senate floor...just to see how they would react.

Me too although I want to practice first on an Occupy rally.

17 posted on 01/23/2012 10:32:26 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
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To: Rabin
Lots of heat?

Fine!

I live in North Dakota!

What's wrong with a little extra heat?--especially when it's in the rooms you are using.

Sheesh!

18 posted on 01/23/2012 10:32:40 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: Paladin2
Let’s hear it for Heat Balls, especially in the winter.

Really. In the winter I have them all on to warm the house up. A 100 watt bulb in a trouble light allows me to eat beefsteak tomatoes all winter long. I am guessing a 100 watt bulb uses less juice than a milk heater.

19 posted on 01/23/2012 10:38:37 PM PST by sockmonkey
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To: HiTech RedNeck
furnish packaging to send them back for recycling...

If it helps put them out of business, I'm all for it.

But, otherwise, it would be the same solution that the government repeats over and over and over again: Legislate a problem, then legislate the solution. And, repeat.

20 posted on 01/23/2012 10:41:11 PM PST by C210N (Dems: "We must tax you so that we can buy your votes")
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