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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:38 AM Original message |
I just bought some new CF bulbs for the first time since 2000, and feel like Rip Van Winkle |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. I bought new lamps and then went to buy the energy wise bulbs. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. In what way did they "not work?" |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. No three-way. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Did you buy 3-way bulbs? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. yep. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Another possibility… |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I'm hoping by the time I have to replace these, that something |
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JSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Loyal DU'ers don't shop at Home Depot |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. No True Scotsman takes sugar with his porridge |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. "Loyal DU'ers"? Did I miss having to take a loyalty oath here? |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. It was in the agreement… |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. So our entire |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Yes, and California state income taxes will be increasing in a few months |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Retied ones pay the same sales taxes. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm getting a bit annoyed by all the different colors |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Re: I wish they'd come up with some sort of standard color definition |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. The standard is blackbody radiation - It is cut and dried, but fluorescents can only approximate it |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I do, they still don't match. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. When I crawl out of bed into a bathroom first thing in the morning, the delay is a blessing |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
14. Color temperature is fairly irrelevant |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I use halogen bulbs for situations where color rendition is most important |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. I have some CFLs I got free from LA DWP and they are so-so, but have |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. I m,ade the mistake of putting |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You may be buying bulbs that are too high in wattage |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Since I really hate how white and how bright |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Efficiency varies from bulb-to-bulb |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. This helps. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Re: What's a lumen? |
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