Re: Fluorescent Bulbs Are Known to Zap Domestic Tranquillity; Energy-Savers a Turnoff for Wives

["BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The warranties on the packages all seem to tout 5 to 7 years but in
reality, my experience has been 4 years tops running them 7 hours a day
in mild temperatures (never below 65F).  On top of that the DOA rate is
a very high 3%.  It's a PITA to mail bulbs back and even more of PITA to
keep track of receipts so the warranty goes unclaimed.

 Dave Houston wrote:
> ericjhwilson@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> On Apr 30, 4:35 pm, "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1...@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>> "Dave Houston" <nob...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>
>>> news:463652fe.1689880921@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> "Robert Green"
>>> <ROBERT_GREEN1...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> FWIW, my N-vision CFL floodlight has begun to take a very long
>>>>> time to
>>> warm
>>>>> up and appears never able to reach its initial brightness level.
>>>>> Too
>>> bad,
>>>>> because it looked like a real winner at first.  My wife wants it
>>>>> gone
>>> from
>>>>> the kitchen!  I concur.  Slow warmup is really, really annoying
>>>>> when you want to look at something right away.
>>>
>>>> Take care when you remove it lest you drop and break it. ;)
>>>
>>> http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=aa7796...
>>> -4c06-be84-b62dee548fda
>>>
>>> I'm beginning to think CFL's are the gypsy moths of the '00's.
>>> Instead of
>>> catching mercury spewing out of smokestacks like we should (along
>>> with
>>> carbon) we're distributing toxic mercury all throughout the
>>> environment,
>>> hoping it's all going to be properly recycled even thought we know
>>> Americans
>>> aren't the best recyclers in the world.  It is pretty bizarre, when
>>> you stop
>>> and think about it.  Perhaps the best we can hope for from CFL's is
>>> that
>>> they will spur development of better alternatives that don't require
>>> creating mercury vapor in fragile glass tubes in our homes.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bobby G.
>>
>> http://dafnwebpd.sylvania.com/idmweb/doccontent.dll?LibraryName=ecomcspd^dafnctpd&SystemType=2&LogonId=f7eecb462aecb681dcfbdc3351d22153&DocId=003694126&Page=1
>>
>> The mercury emitted by coal power plants to run an incandescent is 26
>> mg over 5 years.  For a CFL this is 6 mg.  Add to that the max 5 mg
>> of CFL in the bulb itself and you get 11 mg compared with 26 for the
>> incandescent.  A mercury thermometer has between 500 and 1,000 mg.
>> And the 5 mg of mercury in a CFL is contained, as opposed to the
>> mercury emitted by coal power plants, which is breathed in or
>> consumed when eating fish.   See the above link for what to do if a
>> CFL breaks.
>>
>> So, as long as 80% of our electricity comes from coal, it's still
>> better to use CFLs!
>
> Many people have reported premature failures after a year or so. If
> you have to replace the CFL annually, the 5 year score becomes CFL
> 31mg, Incandescent 26mg.