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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:55 AM Original message |
One Light Bulb. Big Results |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. I just signed this, LOL! Great minds think alike! K&R. :-) |
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nam78_two (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Bet a lot of us here are on the same lists :)/nt |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. I imagine that we are, LOL! |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. I replaced 90% of the light bulbs |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Me too. And some of those bulbs are still |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I bought my first CF bulb from Real Goods back in 1989 |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Actually we'll be so far in debt... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. Take your inefficient AC system and swap it out for a 17.0 to 18.0 SEER |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. And if you have an old central AC system or are building new... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Very interesting idea |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Well, this certainly isn't a system for folks with off grid solar systems. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Off gridders would probably use wind with this. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Have you done a calculation to show what the energy price differential |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 12:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. No, there are a lot of unknowns... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Well I agree that the question is not an easy one to solve. |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. The University of Arizona here recently installed an ice storage system |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've been using these bulbs for many years. |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. The next tech |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. LEDs don't use less electricity. Yet. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Depends on usage. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 01:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Oh yeah for colors, they are far superior. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. I replaced my most used bulbs after seeing Inconvienent Truth in June |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
9. We have 2 lights that are not CFL, and those are on a dimmer. |
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drfresh (424 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. I just replaced 16 bulbs here |
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mccoyn (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. I moved to a new house about a year ago. |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. I've been using them for years...also got the owner of my office |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. All the bulbs in my house have now been replaced... |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. The sooner we switch out that one dim bulb in the White House for |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. Anyone have info on CF bulbs that aren't so white and "blinky"? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Panasonic makes some that fit all conventional sockets, don't blink |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. That must have been more than just a "few" years ago. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I think they are from around 2000 |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. in my new house in New Mexico all the bulbs we could switch we have |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
25. Okay, I really like the idea and have tried, but. . . |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. My lights don't buzz. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I have a couple that have been working over ten years. |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
37. We switched over years ago except for the dimmer ones HOWEVER we'll be |
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CabalPowered (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
38. CFL's are great, as long as they don't fail before their expected life |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I don't remember what brand I bought. It was years ago. |
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