Re: August (3.00 / 0) (#3) by wooferhound (tim((NoSpamAt))wooferhound.com) on Mon Sep 8th, 2008 at 06:37:51 PM MST (User Info) http://wooferhound.com

I have a ceiling fan here in the living room that has 3 fixtures for lights on it like you have. I have 3 different color CFL bulbs in it: Warm white 2700º, Cool white 4100º, and Daylight 5500º. The degree figures are the Color Temperature. This combination of lights gives Excellent overall Color of white for the room. W o o f -={(

Re: August (3.00 / 0) (#4) by Capt Slog (Capt.Slog(at this)gmail.com) on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 at 01:46:54 AM MST (User Info)

I was just pleased to be able to find some low-wattage CFL bulbs with an edison screw fitting.  It is possible to pick them up at low prices sometimes, but the moment I started looking they were £2.50+ each for sizes I didn't want.  Bayonet fittings are more common in the UK.  I've never seen any choice in colour temperature here or perhaps I've not noticed it. . "Slowly changing the world, one watt at a time!" [ Parent ]

Re: August (3.00 / 0) (#9) by frackers (g8ecj at *nospam* gilks dot org) on Wed Sep 10th, 2008 at 05:55:30 AM MST (User Info) http://www.gilks.org

You can get deals on CFLs at 3 for $10 here in NZ. Thats about half your price in the UK... No wonder I left!! Robin - Down Under (or are you Up Over) [ Parent ]

Re: August (3.00 / 0) (#10) by Capt Slog (Capt.Slog(at this)gmail.com) on Wed Sep 10th, 2008 at 08:05:35 AM MST (User Info)

The cheapest ones I picked up here were 1p each, yes, that's one penny.  A local supermarket was doing a green promotion and they were limited to 4 per customer, but there was no check on how often a customer could go through the till ;-) . "Slowly changing the world, one watt at a time!" [ Parent ]

Re: August (3.00 / 0) (#11) by DamonHD (d@hd.org) on Wed Sep 10th, 2008 at 12:45:00 PM MST (User Info) http://www.earth.org.uk/

Once chain here (Robert Dyas) seems to do a 3 for £1 deal, ie ~US$0.60 each, fairly regularly, and these are a good-brand-name bulb (Philips). Rgds Damon [ Parent ]

Re: August (3.00 / 0) (#5) by scorman (scorman@stny.rr.com) on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 at 07:31:18 AM MST (User Info) http://www.greenpowertalk.org/showthread.php?t=6170

Woof, Isn't there any concern about CFLs and vibration?? Are they rated for that application as are special incandescents? In my case all the fans lights are hooked into dimmers, so I'd have to consider removing the dimmer and just running CFLs at full blast. Need to find shorter CFLs for the globe section of the fan light, since the glass hits the bulb. Stew Corman from sunny Endicott [ Parent ]

Re: August (3.00 / 0) (#6) by Tritium on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 at 08:28:44 AM MST (User Info)

The latest CFL's I purchased say they are Dimmable on the packaging. Thurmond [ Parent ]

Re: August (3.00 / 0) (#7) by wooferhound (tim((NoSpamAt))wooferhound.com) on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 at 04:31:53 PM MST (User Info) http://wooferhound.com

I've never heard anything about vibration being a problem with CFLs. I have been using them in Ceiling Fans ever since I've been using CFLs. W o o f -={( [ Parent ]

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