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CFL lighting [where's the light?]

cfl lightingThere isn't a light that stays on in our home more than the flood light over the kitchen sink and when it finally blew out yesterday morning, I thought I would do the right thing and buy a CFL bulb to replace it and save energy.

Mistake.

My wife's first thought was that it provided institutional light and gave her a headache. It reminded me of a hospital room with dim light in the background. And neither of us thought that it gave off enough light so we wouldn't be able to save any energy if we needed to have other lights on in the kitchen in order to see.

So I'll go back to Lowe's today and get a nice halogen flood light to replace this ill chosen bulb.

But what am I going to do when it is mandated that you have to use CFL lighting. Should I stock up now like the person in Europe who apparently stockpiled years and years of bulbs.

Does this signal the return of the Dark Ages?

And as Clara Peller, Wendy's famous spokesperson of years gone by might have said, where's the light?

Published Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:19 AM by Howard Arnoff
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# re: CFL lighting [where's the light?]

Hi Howard ~ I vote for stockpiling and thanks for the reminder! I tell home sellers that they have to be "friends of the electric company" (like my father called me when I was in my teens) while they're on the market. No energy saving lights - they're not bright enough and they take time to light up - and the more lights left on the better.  Light and bright will sell your home.

Liz

Saturday, November 07, 2009 8:30 PM by Cambridge Real Estate Agent

# re: CFL lighting [where's the light?]

Liz, thanks for stopping by and you are so right when you say, light and bright will sell your home. And even if you're not selling, light and bright is a pleasant way to live.

Sunday, November 08, 2009 6:09 AM by Howard Arnoff
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