[mythtv-users] [Slightly OT] solar power for all our gadgets

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Fri Mar 20 21:18:17 UTC 2009


John Drescher wrote:
>> The other issue people casually forget, is that CFLs really are not a direct
>> replacement for incandescent bulbs in many situations. They are really slow
>> to start, and then need to warm up before they give a usable amount of light
>> - though that varies with make. Sometimes I can walk into a room, do
>> whatever it was I needed the light for, and leave - before the CFL lights
>> have got around to doing something useful.
>>
> I hate that. I have these in the main hallway (indoor 75W spot light
> replacements) and it takes them minutes before they emit useful light
> and by that time I am already up the stairs and through the walkway
> and to my room and I usually turn them off before they come on fully.
> I installed them for the heat savings but I may end up replacing them
> with incandescents because of this feature. The second thing I hate
> about these CFLs is the 13W to 20W that they are is in no way as much
> light as the incandescent they replace so I end up sometimes having to
> use more bulbs or some other solutions to get more light (since it is
> sometimes difficult to find larger bulbs in the style I need).
> 
$DIETY help you if you need ones that work with a dimmer, as I do in my living 
room...

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Mike Perkins



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