Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-07 Thread Max Robinson
ce.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Bob Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs >I would tend to think there is a coinc

Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-07 Thread Bob Kennedy
: Max Robinson To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs That sounds like a real bummer. There are lots of places where a bulb is likely to experience vibration or mechanical shocks. If they are more delicate

Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-07 Thread Max Robinson
, April 07, 2008 7:52 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs > Yeah Max, you wouldn't think there'd be all that much vibration if the fan > is hung right. But, I wil say, that the one CF bulb that I had which > failed, was in a ceiling fan fixture. > > > >

RE: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-07 Thread William Stephan
alf Of Max Robinson Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 19:46 To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs I can't believe that the very small amount of vibration from a ceiling fan would damage the electronics in a CF bulb. The thin wire of a tungsten filament

Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-07 Thread Max Robinson
subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Michael Baldwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 9:35 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs > not recommended for ceiling fans, her

Re: RE: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-07 Thread wstephan
Oopse! We have four ceiling fans, and I know I've replaced bulbs in a couple of them with CF bulbs.

[BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-06 Thread Edward Przybylek
Hi all, Most of the bulbs in my home are now CF bulbs. Some have been here as long as ten years. What I'm trying to find now are CF bulbs with smaller base sizes than the standard light bulb base. For example, many of the bulbs I need have the candelabra type base. After numerous searches on t

Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-06 Thread Don
Good link, thanks for sending it along. Don - Original Message - From: Michael Baldwin To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 8:35 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs not recommended for ceiling fans, here is a FAQ from GE concerning

RE: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-06 Thread Michael Baldwin
: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs I bought a pack of 3 at wal-mart and put them in our fan-light. One burned out about 3 or 4 months later. I took them out, replacing with 3 conventional bulbs and put the remaining 2 in the living room end table lamps

Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-06 Thread Max Robinson
bbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:18 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs >I bought one pack that DID say it could be used with a dimmer and it didn't > work > > Al > -Original Message- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogro

RE: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-06 Thread William Stephan
unday, April 06, 2008 17:13 To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs well i have 5 of them and they are going on 3 years now and still going. jim At 10:32 AM 4/6/2008, you wrote: >Before you invest a lot of money in switching out all the bulbs in your >hou

Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-06 Thread RJ
Robbins To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 19:18 Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs I bought one pack that DID say it could be used with a dimmer and it didn't work Al -Original Message- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL P

RE: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-06 Thread Alan & Terrie Robbins
RJ - Original Message - From: Tom Hodges To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:32 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs Before you invest a lot of money in switching out all the bulbs in your house, I would just try one or two out first. I put o

Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-06 Thread cheetah
well i have 5 of them and they are going on 3 years now and still going. jim At 10:32 AM 4/6/2008, you wrote: >Before you invest a lot of money in switching out all the bulbs in your >house, I would just try one or two out first. I put one in my basement, one >in my laundry room, one in my bathroo

Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-06 Thread RJ
Message - From: Tom Hodges To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 11:32 Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs Before you invest a lot of money in switching out all the bulbs in your house, I would just try one or two out first. I put one in my basement

Re: [BlindHandyMan] CF Green Bulbs

2008-04-06 Thread Tom Hodges
Before you invest a lot of money in switching out all the bulbs in your house, I would just try one or two out first. I put one in my basement, one in my laundry room, one in my bathroom, and one in my dining room - they all burnt out within one year and I do not have voltage spikes in my area. S