At 10:53 AM -0600 1/28/2009, ./aal wrote: >On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > > At 12:35 AM -0400 1/28/2009, MJ wrote: >>>>>Who uses 100w lightbulbs any more? >>>> >>>>I do. And if anyone touches 'em, puts those @#$% CF bulbs in my >>>>lamps, there will be liver ripping. >>> >>>why the opposition to CFs. >> >> 1. The color is off. Besides making the room look wrong, they cause >> you to do horrible things when balancing the colors in a photograph. >> heh. Don't even think of adjusting your display when using one. > >there are many colors of cfl now >keep up
Tried them. They're all off. > > 2. They flicker. Some people cannot see it, but I sure can. It's >> like having a constant strobe in the room; far worse than regular >> florescents. After a few minutes the headache gets so bad I cannot > > work. > >bad ones flicker >just like any fluorescent Recommend specific ones that don't. We've tried the $4 ones and the $16 ones. >actually any ac powered light flickers to some degree (even incandescents) That's true. But the incandescents keep up with the regulated 60-hz a/c power, so I don't see them flicker. CF's don't come close. > > 3. They DON'T last x years. In fact, their life span seems to be >> only slightly longer than incandescents - for x times the cost. > >stop buying cheap ones Define cheap. I've got six sitting here right now - dead. We paid $12 to $16 each for them. They were so-called extra long life ones. > > 4. They cost MORE to run than incandescents. Yea, they really do. >> You see... if you turn them on/off frequently they die fast (see #3). >> So you have to leave them on longer. Heck, it's only 28 or 34w, not >> 60 or 100. But a 34w light left on for hours uses more electricity > > than a 60w left on for 15 mins. Multiply that by x CF lights... > >yes, some applications are better served by other types of fixture >but how often do you have your light on for only 15min?? honestly? We're fairly active people. We don't sit around for hours and hours in one room. > > 5. Bad safety issue for outside use because it takes them about 10 >> minutes to come up to full brightness in cold weather. That means >> you have to turn them on way in advance (see #4, #3), and if you >> don't, you end up with sprained ankles etc. > >stop buying cheap ones ALL CF lights take minutes to brighten up in cold weather. ALL. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
