Re: Bally Nonsense!


"Robert Seago" <rjseago@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <1197920343.46412.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, BAC
<casswalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Angus is not alone in disliking the performance of CFLs, for example
Yes there are a lot of people about with jaundixced views of anything new.

CFLs are not new, I've been using some for over 20 years. My experience was
that there were locations where CFL performance was acceptable to me, and
locations where it wasn't. Hence I use a mix of bulb types (and am
stockpiling sufficient incandescents to ensure there'll be enough to see me
out).

http://www.techmind.org/energy/dontbanthebulb.html

Further, even the manufacturers admit to a roughly 2% pa reduction in
light output,

so buy a higher rated one if you feel the need.

My point was that lamps which were considered equivalent in output to
incandescent lights in the first place, reach the stage where their output
is no longer acceptable in comparison, before their claimed 'life' has
expired.

and others claim to have observed a far higher rate of
deterioration, especially with cheaper bulbs.
I haven't yet but it is early days, and all of them I have have been free
anyway.
Hence, a time comes when,
although the bulbs still function, their light output is unacceptable,
and replacement required. I replaced two last month, which had 'only'
been in use for four or five years, because they had become as dim as
Toc H lamps.
As I said the technology is likely to mature, and the results will
improve.


The technology is already mature - you can now get CFLs suitable for use
with dimmer switches and electronic switches, for example. Alternatively, if
reduction in energy consumption is the key, people could always replace
their domestic light fittings with fluorescent strip lighting (more
efficient than CFLs, and a mature technology which has been available for
many decades, yet not much used in living rooms or bedrooms, for some
unknown reason), or wait for LED lighting to reduce in price.


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