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Wow... the birth of a family heirloom... outstanding!

Here ya go...

jm51 wrote:Where there's a will...

Anyone want to buy some incandescent 'heatbulbs' ?

http://www.heatbulbs.eu/en/order

That's funny...

Commonly available? Suggested sources? $$$?


P.S. What is commonly used for traffic lights today?

Traffic signals are using LED's, but much different... they just have to be seen vs. projecting light... much tougher standard. Send me private message... I'll get you couple at my cost for you to ...

... I have a bunch of can type fixtures in the celing that I would like to convert to CFI but won't until the can resolve the warm problem.

It's all up to the mfg and the electronics they implement. The ones with the reflectors are nothing more than a spiral with reflector around the lamp... what ...

... I called the manufacturer -- Lights of America -- and they wanted one returned, but they never followed through on the matter, nor did I. Needless to say, I don't use that brand any longer.

Very good call... that's all I have to say about that... :D

My recommendations are GE, Osram Sylvania ...

jm51 wrote:How can they be energy saving if the room is being heated?

That was the irony of it all... having to meet energy guidelines for 50% high energy efficiency lighting then on the project while it has 6 - 6000 watt heaters (36,000 watts) on a outdoor patio! LOL

It's always good when plan comes together... glad things worked out well for you!

The only question I have is what makes Congress think they know so much better than me about what kind of light bulbs I should buy?

But I guess that's a question for another place...

(still really irks me, though)

I'm in total agreement.... however it's all about cutting energy demand... silly ...

Just curious about what others have experienced relative to the "life" of a CFL. I started using them about 2 years ago and purchased CFLs saying they would last over 4 years under "normal use". Since then, I have had to replace 2 of them that are used far less than "normal" (3 to 4 hours per week ...