James Slayden wrote:
>
> What I am still searching for is a good priced Full Spectrum 100W
> replacement CF. They are quite expensive right now at ~$20 a pop. Don't
> want to get SAD in the wintertime.
>
> James Slayden
When we did the lights for our new house, I specified full spectrum CF
bulbs or halogens to avoid the SAD problem in our low insolation climate.
Every 28 watt full spectrum CF bulb cost me over $20.00 CDN (and our kitchen
alone has seven of these!), but it's very bright in there and my sweetheart
has much better visibility than she had when we were using four 100 watt
incandescents in our old house. Another advantage to the new bulbs is that
they're "instant on" ballasts--no annoying flicker, and we get light right
away. After about 30 seconds, the bulbs are fully warm.
Our living area has four 11 watt CF bulbs from Ikea--the older kind with
the greenish light that flicker most irritatingly whenever they're activated.
We use these with a pair of very old 15 watt Panasonic CF bulbs in torchieres,
and together, the light quality is decent enough for reading. So, we use 74
watts in the living room where we used to use a pair of 150 watt halogens.
Originally, I put 28 watt full spectrum lights in the living room too, but my
sweetheart didn't like the bright, white light in the living area, so we
compromised for the inferior bulbs.
Bedroom areas, hallways and bedside reading lamps all have full spectrum
spiral CF bulbs from Sylvania. These are also "instant on", and ran about $12
CDN each. The new bulbs with "instant on" ballasts are worth the money, as
far as I'm concerned. The light quality is far better than the dinky "no
name" Chinese bulbs we bought from Ikea--although I believe even the Sylvania
bulbs are Chinese too!
Our new house is almost twice the size of the old one. Even with gas heat
and gas hot water, we're using about the same amount of electricity per month
as we did before, when all of our hot water came from an electric tank. I
blame this on some of our "smart" appliances, which seem to use more energy
than the "dumb" old ones used to, partly because the "dumb" old ones had
"smarter" operators!
robert luis rabello
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Adventure for Your Mind
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