Official ATOT 'Install at least one CFL in your home' Thread

[mugs]

I use them wherever I can. :thumbsup: I even have 3 in a ceiling fan that we don't ever use as a fan. I bought some for my parents to put in their house too.

 

[nakedfrog]

I switched the lights in the living room and kitchen.

 

[UTmtnbiker]

I like CFL's for the reasons as stated in this thread. However my wife doesn't like the harsh light they give off.

Does anybody have any recommendations on CFL's by brand and model that give off a warm light or as close to, if not an exact match, to an incandescent?

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: elektrolokomotive
I can't stand the quality of light from CFLs. They give me a brain cloud.

A brain cloud? You don't have long to live. 🙁

I've replaced with CFL where I can but most of my fixtures are too small. Fiddle faddle.

 

[Linflas]

If they make one that when I turn on a lamp I wouldn't know it was a CFL unless I looked under the lampshade I will start moving to them as the the regular lightbulbs burn out. Otherwise status quo in my house.

 

[Kadarin]

I already have CFLs in every fixture where they fit. :thumbsup:

 

[amdskip]

I put them in first thing when moving into my apartment and they are moving with me to the new place.

 

[ZetaEpyon]

I have a "full spectrum" CFL in my kitchen, and normal CFLs in several of the other fixtures in my apartment. :thumbsup:

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: UTmtnbiker
I like CFL's for the reasons as stated in this thread. However my wife doesn't like the harsh light they give off.

Does anybody have any recommendations on CFL's by brand and model that give off a warm light or as close to, if not an exact match, to an incandescent?

the ones at home depot are available in 3 different flavors, soft white (just like a regular incandescent) daylight, and full spectrum.



i'd like more dimmable bulbs. home depot sells one model of dimmable CFL, but it is a very small bulb intended for chandeliers. not good for the floods that we've got in the living room.

i'd also like 6 packs of 40 watt bulbs. there are so many lights in the rooms of this new place that using 60 watt equivalent is too bright.

replaced the main garage light with a 150 watt equivalent CFL. big bulb, lots of light, much better than the sh!tty ace hardware 60 watt that the landlord put in.

 

[Skotty]

I really don't care much about the power savings (I'm one of a minority that believe heavily in clean energy production but not energy conservation), but I do care that they don't burn out all the darn time like standard incandescents.

 

[markgm]

I replaced every bulb in the house when I moved in aside from the microwave, fridge, rangehood, lava lamp, and dryer. It turns out I have 14 in my basement, 35 on the first floor, 23 on the second floor, and 1 in the attic. 73 CFLs FTW!

 

[So]

My one light bulb is a CFL (the rest of my lights are ceiling fixtures that take fluorescent tubes)

That said, don't forget the heating value of incandescents in the winter. 😉

 

[jlbenedict]

Originally posted by: Skotty
I really don't care much about the power savings (I'm one of a minority that believe heavily in clean energy production but not energy conservation), but I do care that they don't burn out all the darn time like standard incandescents.

You like throwing money away also?

😕

 

[nonameo]

Originally posted by: So
My one light bulb is a CFL (the rest of my lights are ceiling fixtures that take fluorescent tubes)

That said, don't forget the heating value of incandescents in the winter. 😉

Heat pumps are more energy efficient. (CFLs give off some heat too, though)

 

[SSSnail]

Does it mean we can no longer crunch? 🙁

I've replaced everything with CFL, have my monitor set on a 5 minutes of inactivity turn off, but damn it my CPU is still crunching.

 

[Eli]

You people talking about the "low quality of light" from CFLs need to re-visit the technology.

In my kitchen, shop and bedroom, I use 5500ºK CFLs, and the quality of light and CRI is vastly superior to any normal incandescent bulb. We're so used to the yellow glow of a lightbulb, that real white light almost looks weird.

 

[dug777]

& up 😉

 

[theknight571]

Do the new CFL's still need time to warm up?

I have some that we bought a couple years ago... but you flip the switch and unless you leave them on for 5-10 min you never get full light.

So I still have standard bulbs in the hallways etc where you only use the light for a short period of time.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: theknight571
Do the new CFL's still need time to warm up?

I have some that we bought a couple years ago... but you flip the switch and unless you leave them on for 5-10 min you never get full light.

So I still have standard bulbs in the hallways etc where you only use the light for a short period of time.

Nowhere near as long as that. Our Philips spirals might take 30 seconds, at the most, to reach full brightness, or indistinguishable from it. Got a bigger (28W) Osram (i forget for sure) that is much quicker than that tho...