On 12/3/2010 8:58 AM, Michael Coslo wrote:
> On Dec 2, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Gary Joe Mayfield wrote:
>
>> I've enjoyed the topic.... CFLs are supposed to be kept vertical. Are
>> people replacing their light fixtures? My home has light fixtures that hold
>> two bulbs up against the ceiling. The CFLs did not last as long as
>> incandescent bulbs in this horizontal arrangement.
>>
>> Many of our rooms have ceiling fans (to save energy). Has anyone found a
>> CFL that is recommended for that service?
>
> THe XYL replaced the incandescent bulbs in our living room fan with CFL's.
> That didn't work too well - after a couple minutes, they started strobing on
> and off. It turns out that the fan uses some circuitry to keep regular bulbs
> from burning out, it brings the voltage up slowly, and the fluorescents must
> hate that.
There is a fan/light in my wife's office that uses 4 CFLs with no
noticeable effect. They''ve been running about a year and a half now.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> In out kitchen, we have two fans, with CFL's in each. These ones work just
> fine, but the particular bulbs we have in them now take too long to come to
> full brightness - around a minute. But the light fixture in those fans takes
> the smaller base bulb, so there selection is limited.
>
> The Hallway to my office has a fan with CFL's, and it's been going for some 3
> years now with no problem.
>
> Each fixture has the bulbs upside down and at an angle, but I don't think
> that's been harming anything.
>
> She also snuck in a CFL lamp in the shack. That one is sitting two feet from
> my radio, and tests show no interference from it. I used both my ears and a
> waterfall display from a sound card program.
>
>> For me I need about 2000 hours out of the CFL to break even.... I have
>> tried it, they don't last that long.
>
> I also have enjoyed this thread. The good news is that we are getting a lot
> of comparison points. The not so good is that they are all over the place
> regarding noise, warmup, and cold weather operation.
>
> Is anyone keeping track of all this?
>
> - 73 de Mike N3LI -
>
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