[RFI] CFL Bulbs

[David C. Hallam]

GE only claims reliable starting down to -15 C so I can see where you would
have a problem with any fluorescent lamp.  I don't have that problem in
Florida.

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: EP Swynar [mailto:gswynar at durham.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:29 AM
> To: dhallam at rapidsys.com; Andy; RFI
> Subject: Re: [RFI] CFL Bulbs
>
>
> Hi David,
>
> Yes, but how are they in a cold environment...?
>
> Some years ago I went to considerable expense installing a bank of
> ceiling-mounted tubular fluorescent lamps in my garage --- after just one
> winter I took them all down again, gave them away, & replaced them with
> incandescent bulbs.
>
> Our cold Canadian winter here just flat-out would NOT permit the
> fluorescents to fire up!
>
> ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David C. Hallam" <dhallam at rapidsys.com>
> To: "Andy" <ingraham.ma.ultranet at rcn.com>; "RFI" <rfi at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [RFI] CFL Bulbs
>
>
> > As far as life goes, CFL's have definitely gotten better.  A couple of
> years
> > ago, I was replacing the spiral type MUCH more often than incandescent.
> Now
> > that is not true.
> >
> > David
> > KC2JD/4
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rfi-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces at contesting.com]On
> > > Behalf Of Andy
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:09 AM
> > > To: RFI
> > > Subject: Re: [RFI] CFL Bulbs
> > >
> > >
> > > Just as another data point ...
> > >
> > > I have several compact flourescents in the home and a few standard
> > > non-compact types.  By far the noisiest of them is NOT a CFL.  I
> > > am not much
> > > a weak signal listener, but the CFLs are pretty quiet, whereas
> > > this non-CFL
> > > roars over the HF spectrum.
> > >
> > > I also get pretty good life out of my CFLs.  At this point I
> > > think I've had
> > > two start to flicker, in well over 10 years of use.
> > >
> > > Maybe I'm just getting the right brand(s)?
> > >
> > > Is there anything NOT made in China?
> > >
> > > Andy
> > >
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