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In response to "Mandy, CFL's have become one of the right's rallying issues. They're the "devil" because they are becoming mandated by government regulation and " by pmb

Making the environment safer by having us house the hazardous materials inside does have a certain logic to it.

Posted by Dr.Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) Nov 2 '11, 14:36

:)

To be fair, mandating that you put hazardous materials housed in super-fragile containers in your house is worthy of a little discussion.

We switched over to the CFLs in my house, but the light quality was not great, so we switched back. Getting ready to upgrade to the LEDs, though.

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Nobody's saying that it wasn't worthy of discussion. But the discussion was had and it was determined that the benefits outweighed the costs and - pmb Nov 2, 14:54 5
- I prefer to use them in "always-on" locations, because then the cost savings are a tangible thing. - Beryllium Nov 2, 14:58 4
  - That's how I felt about putting them in the porch lights and such. Wasn't aware they shouldn't be used outside. -- nm - pmb Nov 2, 15:15 2
    - Well, might want to do some research if you're concerned; I could be wrong. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 15:16
    - there are ones specifically for outside now. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:16
  - I'm fine with that. But I want to have the choice of incandescent when I want. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:59
Yeah, I've got a few CFLs in my place and I've never been pleased with them ... looking forward to trying LEDs -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 14:40 10
- We've used them exclusively for over 10 years and don't have a problem. -- nm - Trish Nov 2, 14:45 2
  - I think I've had, like, three burn out on me. -- nm - Reagen Nov 2, 15:15
  - One of the ones in our kitchen burnt out ... so now I have to deal with recycling it. Yay? - Beryllium Nov 2, 14:47
- i have the same problem with my LED bulbs as the first generation cfl. - tRuMaN Nov 2, 14:43 6
  - does "awhile" mean hours? -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:55
  - oh? Hmm. I wouldn't have expected that ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 2, 14:45 4
    - its not long, maybe at most 10 secs or so, and maybe its just a problem with these bulbs - tRuMaN Nov 2, 14:58 3
      - my beef is that "all the way" is still shit. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 14:59 2
        
        well, the bulbs i have produce as much light as a regular bulb of the same wattage rating. - tRuMaN Nov 2, 15:01 1
        
        that's what the label said on mine too. -- nm - loosilu Nov 2, 15:02

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