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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Doc Brown: [QB] OK, I have to jump in and make my obligatory comment about CF bulbs. We've been using them long before it became "the thing to do". Cost savings: When I replaced the ones that get the most use, I monitored and saw a reduced electric bill, about $10 a month after replacing 6 bulbs in the house. Most recently I replaced the incandescents in our outdoor, motion sensor "coach lights". My electric bill dropped by $10 a month on those alone. That paid for the bulbs in the first month. So no once can tell me that there isn't a savings. Light quality: Unless you require special lighting for health or eyesight reasons, good qaulity CFs throw off very similar light to incandescents. The key is NOT to by the cheap bulbs from the end of the aisle at the grocery store. We really can't tell the difference between the ones we use in our living room and the old incandescents we had. I realize this is largely personal preference. But no one has ever walked into our house and commented that there was something odd about our lighting. Instant on: Has never been an issue for us. I can deal with a short delay for the money we're saving. Flicker effect: I get headaches at work from the overhead flourescents. At home I can't even tell. On rare occasion I can detect a flicker. But not enough to cause me problems. Again, this has a lot to do with the quality of the bulb. Thats not to say some people are exagerting the flicker issue. Some people are VERY sensitive to this. For those folks, all I can suggest is to wait a few more years, LED light bulbs will be replacing CFs. Mercury: I agree, this is over blown. How many light bulbs do you break a year? 1 in ten years, maybe? Take burned out bulbs to the local recycler. Most municipal dumps will handle them. So if mecury is such a big deal with these, how come no one is screaming about the millions of full size flourescents being thrown in the trash each year? Treat CFs like any other household chemical. We all have a lot of poisonous stuff in our homes. I'm sure most people are not avoiding them because of thier dangers. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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