Comments on: Change your light bulbs already! http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/energy-savings/change-your-light-bulbs-already/ To renovate is divine, to restore is to fix their mistakes... Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Oldstonehouse http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/energy-savings/change-your-light-bulbs-already/comment-page-1/#comment-3548 Oldstonehouse Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:52:16 +0000 http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/?p=223#comment-3548 Agree with you - not 'happy' about the mercury, but it's a rather incidental cost with regards to the big picture. The bulbs they are giving away state that for outdoor use they should be in an enclosed fixture, and minimal operating temp is -15. I'll let everyone know when the first one burns out! Best - M. Agree with you – not ‘happy’ about the mercury, but it’s a rather incidental cost with regards to the big picture. The bulbs they are giving away state that for outdoor use they should be in an enclosed fixture, and minimal operating temp is -15. I’ll let everyone know when the first one burns out!

Best – M.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/energy-savings/change-your-light-bulbs-already/comment-page-1/#comment-3547 Jennifer Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:45:05 +0000 http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/?p=223#comment-3547 People can be frustrating! We, too, have been slowly converting all of our bulbs to CFLs as they burn out. I think the only ones left are in the study that never gets used! Something to think about CFL's in outside use is that their life substantially decreases in the cold. They still use less energy, but a CFL that is used in the cold may have a life similar to a standard bulb. Perhaps that is why you aren't seeing them on actual porches? Hopefully everyone is using them SOMEWHERE! FYI... I do have a CFL on my front porch in COlorado. It has lasted over a year so far. Mercury is a big issue, too... we should be taking the manufacturers to task and making them take some responsibility for easy recycling disposal. Right now in the US, at least, the only way to properly dispose of one is to PAY to have it disposed of. Now... I still think the benefits outweigh the costs... but we need to be taking care of the costs, too! And kudos to that group for giving them out free! People can be frustrating! We, too, have been slowly converting all of our bulbs to CFLs as they burn out. I think the only ones left are in the study that never gets used!

Something to think about CFL’s in outside use is that their life substantially decreases in the cold. They still use less energy, but a CFL that is used in the cold may have a life similar to a standard bulb. Perhaps that is why you aren’t seeing them on actual porches? Hopefully everyone is using them SOMEWHERE! FYI… I do have a CFL on my front porch in COlorado. It has lasted over a year so far.

Mercury is a big issue, too… we should be taking the manufacturers to task and making them take some responsibility for easy recycling disposal. Right now in the US, at least, the only way to properly dispose of one is to PAY to have it disposed of.

Now… I still think the benefits outweigh the costs… but we need to be taking care of the costs, too! And kudos to that group for giving them out free!

]]> By: Sandy http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/energy-savings/change-your-light-bulbs-already/comment-page-1/#comment-3545 Sandy Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:44:18 +0000 http://www.oldstonehouse.ca/?p=223#comment-3545 Well said! I like the new bulbs. They save you money AND are good for the environment! Well said! I like the new bulbs. They save you money AND are good for the environment!

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