8 Apr
2011
8 Apr
'11
9:03 a.m.
On 4/8/11 11:57 AM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Would we even be talking about banning incandescents
if they weren't
made by slave labor in China?
Surely you don't believe that's the only reason. Heck, I'd
personally never even considered where or how they were made. I just
look at the "100W worth of light for 12W of energy" part, and it's a
no-brainer.
Besides...What ISN'T made by slave labor in China nowadays?
I don't much like them myself--their reliability
is overstated. In a
corner of the kitchen, I've got 4 R30 recessed fixtures, divided 2
incandescent (near the pantry so I can tell a can of tomatoes from a
can of pork and beans (CFLs take awhile to come up to full
brightness) and 2 CFL (less critical to cuisine). The two
incandescents are still working fine after 10 years; the CFLs (name
brand, GE and Westinghouse) have been replaced several times.
I replaced all of mine about 2.5 years ago and have had one fail, and
that was in an outdoor fixture. I didn't buy cheap ones. ;) I'm
honestly surprised I've not lost more of them, with all the thunderstorm
activity in my area.
Most CFLs are garbage and hugely wasteful. I used to
scavenge the
components from the bases, but gave up after I accumulated a pile of
the things (funny, they were supposed to last longer than that). Why
on earth aren't they made with replaceable fluorescent tubes like the
old days?
Profits. :-(
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL