Some people don't like the light they produce, but the technology has been improving, and I find the Sylvania "soft white" compact fluorescent light bulb, which has a color temperature of 3000K, produces a clean white light comparable to halogen incandescent light bulbs. A 13 watt CFL produces as much light as a 60 watt incandescent, so it costs less to operate and saves energy, reducing carbon dioxide emissions at power plants.
2006-12-30 15:44:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
I use some. I am slowly starting to convert, but I still like the color of incandescent bulbs better. Maybe by the tme my incandescent stash runs out I'll try some more.
2006-12-30 16:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love our CFLs. I look for them on sale and stock up. It's actually funny at this point because I have an entire bin of them because they don't need to be replaced all that often! We started by replacing all bulbs that we use the most with CFLs and now anytime a regular bulb burns out we replace it with a CFL. I buy them on sale so I never pay more than $2 a bulb and the energy savings is certainly more than $2.
2006-12-31 17:54:17 · answer #2 · answered by Laurie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. The bulbs we got about 5 years ago didn't produce a satisfying "brightness level", but the newer ones do. I wouldn't have a halogen bulb in my house because of the fire hazard, and I don't want to waste energy with incandescents.
2006-12-30 15:47:12 · answer #3 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been getting them for our home, and they work just fine, probably reducing our energy consumption. I still have plenty of incandescent bulbs around the house, however. This is because fluorescents can't be used outside without an "enclosure", can't be used in recessed enclosures, can't be used in some lamps because they don't fit, and because they have standard bases, so they can't fit in our dining room chandelier, which uses C7 bulbs. That makes me wonder: is there a C7 compact fluorescent bulb?
2006-12-30 16:11:53 · answer #4 · answered by alnitaka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this would or won't be a rely of attitude, yet so a tactics as i comprehend it may basically appear as if that to you on the grounds which you have been used to seeing easy positioned out from incandescent lights furniture for for this reason long. you would be able to 'heat up' to the sunshine output of fluorescents over the years. i've got faith the colour difference is using the gases interior fluorescent tubes. i think of incandescent lights furniture seem lots warmer in color temperature, the place fluorescents seem lots whiter. interior the top i'm inquisitive approximately fluorescent lights furniture - while they launch mercury-unfastened (HG) variations. i don't basically like the extremely extreme warmth output of halogen bulbs and don't basically like the inefficiency of incandescent bulbs. on the grounds that while is a decrease electrical energy bill a bad difficulty?
2016-10-19 06:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Energy saving devices do not cut down on carbon dioxide emissions,a power plant still has to burn fuel to produce electricity.
Emission reductions come from exhaust cleaners and filers or traps installed before the exhaust leaves the stack and using cleaner burning fuels.
2007-01-03 15:18:30 · answer #6 · answered by Ralph T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like them I guess. I bought some about 6 months ago and I dont really notice a difference except for the delay when switched on. Mine are sylvania too
2006-12-30 15:57:14 · answer #7 · answered by erin_marie360 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like them but if they get turned on and off constantly they wear out quickly.
2006-12-30 15:52:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-03-27 17:00:37 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋