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How many 100W Incandescent light bulbs do you have stocked up?

$17.98 for the 2pk at COSTCO.

Reply to
Pete C.
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I just saw that - will have to pick up a set next trip to Costco.

Reply to
Robert Neville

"Pete C." wrote in news:4ef4e129$0$16541$ snipped-for-privacy@newsreader.readnews.com:

thanks!

Reply to
Han

I think you'll like them, they are the first I've tried that I consider ready for prime time.

Reply to
Pete C.

During the winter, I really like those 100W incandescents. I can put my hands over them and get my fingers all toasty. In fact, if I paint them black, they work especially well. Thank goodness for these high efficiency heaters that conveniently screw right into an Edison socket. The fact that some light comes out of them, in addition to a whole lot of heat, doesn't bother me too much. Those CFLs just don't do the job. Need to get some of those Amish woodworkers to make some nice housings for a slew of those wonderful 100W bulbs. Why, they could cut my heating bill in half!

How dare the government tell me how I have to heat my house! I've got to stock up on these lovely items before they get banned.

Reply to
Frank Foder

Maybe you should get one of them amazing super high efficiency infrared quartz EdenPUKE Gen4 heaters? They have EdenBLOW Direct Air technology.

I think they're engineered and designed in the USA by Chinese Amish people.

They must be good cuz both Bob Villa and Richard Korn swear by them.

Reply to
jack

Because you never know what the future might bring.

I'm not too keen on light bulbs, but I do have close to 50,000 rounds of ammunition stored up.

Reply to
HeyBub

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100V, 12.5A. What's the formula again? Ah, Volt times amp. Must be 115, 12 Amp, so 1380 Watt. Say it is on 16 hours/day minimum. That means 16*1380/1000=22kWh which at 18 cents/kWh is $4/day. Not bad. How much room does that heat? Oh, 1000 sq feet. Hope that is true. Oh, the unot costs ~$355 ...
Reply to
Han

Only $355? Not too bad for a fancy lightbulb in a box.

Reply to
jack

Getting rid of all my CFLs and large incandescents and replacing with LEDs.

Reply to
clare

And being slow to start.

LEDs are more expensive than current CFLs, but less expensive now than the first CFLs I bought (which were pure CRAP) - and so far are working well.

Reply to
clare

Yep, but that's what an incandescent is. It's a heater that puts out some light. But you get toasty fingers for $0.30 per day! Of course, you put fourteen of those light bulbs in an EdenPure chassis, and you got yourself a system that even Bob Vila would admire.

Reply to
Frank Foder

Exactly. I have ceiling fans/lights in every room, plus chandeliers in three. All of them with visible bulbs. That, alone, is around 50 - 60W bulbs that no CFLs are ever going to replace even if they were perfect in every other way (they're certainly not). If my goal were to minimize electricity consumption, light bulbs would be the last place I'd turn.

Reply to
krw

" snipped-for-privacy@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

I may be insensitive compared to your sensitivity to having lights of exactly the right color balance - no offense menat. Almost all our lights are CFL, and they are fine for us. De gustibus non disputandem. I bought one fixture with 3 LEDs of 1 Watt each that is perfect for lighting an area of the kitchen counter that I like to be more lit than with the current ambient lighting. I choose this much too expensive fixture because I don't really like fluorescent under cabinet lighting, and halogen is much too hot (for the spices above).

I live in North Jersey, and it could get cold here. We have porchlights with CFLs and they work fine. Admittedly, the temperature doesn't often get to less than 10°F here but there is an occasional morning where it is around 0°F.

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Han

snipped-for-privacy@snyder.on.ca wrote in news:8mlaf71i2n39noijm80ek2aaugn08nri73@

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Clare, where do you get affordable LEDs?

Reply to
Han

I'd say there are places for a full spectrum light. Maybe in lights for paintings. But for everyday use a cfl provides enough spectrum for my use. I donno. I don't see much of a difference. Probably more psychological than actual. As for aesthetics, most of my light fixtures are the type you can't see the bulb and the ones that do I don't really care much what they look like. I've seen the more expensive ones that look more like conventional lights but I don't think they justify the expense.

Cfls have come along way. They last longer and give off a much softer light than the 1st generation. I probably jumped in too soon but I have cfls outside that have lasted over a decade. IMO it's a better mouse trap but I can see why some would want to hang on to a few incan. bulbs. I can easily adapt if it means I can save a few buck on my elec. bill. Maybe some of these guys don't get elec. bills like I do in the summer months. If moving to LEDs means I can save even more I'll be there eventually.

Reply to
JimT

Sure, If I can ask why you find it so difficult to read simple sentences (perhaps because you read only what you want to read). Color balance is a completely different issue. CLFs are *ugly*. I don't want pig's tails hanging from every fixture.

That isn't enough light to be useful, other than a nightlight sort of thing.

The fluroescents we had in VT didn't even work in our laundry (not a CFL) or foyer (CFL). Forget outside. No, CFLs are dead, as far as I'm concerned. I'll give LEDs a shot when the come down in price, by an order of magnitude. Until then, I have a few hundred incandescents stockpiled.

Reply to
krw

" snipped-for-privacy@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

You'd be amazed if you saw it. Yes it is like task lighting, not for the whole (tiny) kitchen, but that area.

I always like it when others do as I do, spend money where it is useless, just to keep the economy going

You do as you like and I'll do as I like. No harm, no foul.

Reply to
Han

For a *small* spot, believable. For an entire countertop, not.

"Useless" is in the eye of the beholder. Many would think a $90 12" square is "useless", too. ;-)

That's all I'm asking. It's you lefties who think you know how to spend my money better than I.

Reply to
krw

" snipped-for-privacy@att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

That is in the eye of the beholder as well. If I were to take an extreme view (which I don't in this matter), I could say that it is more important to stimulate energy conservation and develop "green" energy sources than it is to finance wars.

So, yes, I'm a lefty, and I will decide what is good for the country, not Bush and his consorts.

That was a joke ...

Reply to
Han

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