Re: Compact Fluorescent Noise

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>As you pointed out
>earlier, X-10 users of CFL's have to factor in the cost of filters so the
>equations have lots of hidden inputs.

Insteon users will also need filters with noisy CFLs.

And there are opportunity costs. LED lights are improving and becoming
competively priced with CFLs. Sandia Labs has a method of converting more of
the heat from an incandescent into visible light, greatly improving the
efficiency. People who've invested $$$ in CFLs may regret it when something
more economical (and less polluting) comes along, not to mention the
possibility of "free, clean and constant energy."

Of course, we all know that the DOE programs to encourage (and subsidize)
CFL development don't cost anything. ;) Well, maybe Ph. Ds who've spent
their life in government funded programs don't realize that but the less
exalted do.

Oh, and the cost of returning a warrantied CFL is likely to approach or
exceed the purchase price even using the mail with free pick-up. If you
choose to just dispose of it, it constitutes hazardous waste.

http://www.northwestenergystar.com/index.php?cID=168
http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2004/06/16/lightbulbs/index.html?pn=3
http://www.electronicproducts.com/ShowPage.asp?SECTION=3700&PRIMID=&FileName=julOL2.jul2002
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/programs/solidState/index.asp
http://www.pge.com/003_save_energy/003c_edu_train/pec/info_resource/pdf/COMFLUOR.PDF
http://www.steorn.net/frontpage/default.aspx

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