Re: Anyone moved to LED Lighting?

["Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have never had a CFL burn out yet in several years of usage. Many have
broken or came apart from the base and leaked.


"Don Klipstein" <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:slrnhj2mlj.gq4.don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Compared to incandescent, CFLs in USA on average reduce mercury
contamination of the environment.

  Burning coal is a major source of mercury pollution, to such an extent
that a CFL successfully replacing a 60 watt incandescent and lasting over
5,000 hours, or successfully replacing a 100 watt incandescent and lasting
over 3,000 hours, achieves a reduction of mercury pollution - even if the
CFLs are not disposed of properly.

  Meanwhile, they can be.  I have heard that Home Depot accepts dead CFLs
for proper disposal.  There is also www.lamprecycle.org.

 - Don Klipstein (don@xxxxxxxxx)