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Posted by Yroc Morf on September 16, 2007, 5:00 pm
Anyone know if it is safe to use a CFL in the fridge?
I tried at 9w one out and it seems to work fine.
I do not think it will save me much money in lighting costs, however
the heat from a normal bulb is significant and I was thinking not
having a bulb heating the fridge every time it is open might make it
advantageous.
I am however worried that the bulb (mercury) might cause problems with
food.
Anyone able to provide insight?
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Posted by Doug Miller on September 16, 2007, 5:21 pm
>Anyone know if it is safe to use a CFL in the fridge?
>
>I tried at 9w one out and it seems to work fine.
>
>I do not think it will save me much money in lighting costs, however
>the heat from a normal bulb is significant and I was thinking not
>having a bulb heating the fridge every time it is open might make it
>advantageous.
The heating is insignificant. It's only 40 watts to begin with, and you don't
typically have the door open for even a minute at a time.
>
>I am however worried that the bulb (mercury) might cause problems with
>food.
Only if it breaks -- which is a possibility, in an environment that they
weren't designed for.
>
>Anyone able to provide insight?
Seems pointless to me.
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
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Posted by clot on September 16, 2007, 8:10 pm
Yroc Morf wrote:
> Anyone know if it is safe to use a CFL in the fridge?
>
> I tried at 9w one out and it seems to work fine.
>
> I do not think it will save me much money in lighting costs, however
> the heat from a normal bulb is significant and I was thinking not
> having a bulb heating the fridge every time it is open might make it
> advantageous.
>
> I am however worried that the bulb (mercury) might cause problems with
> food.
>
> Anyone able to provide insight?
Good trolling stuff! Totally OTT. Do watch out for those great big globs
of mercury that drop out of the lights!
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Posted by buffalobill on September 16, 2007, 8:49 pm
> Anyone know if it is safe to use a CFL in the fridge?
>
> I tried at 9w one out and it seems to work fine.
>
> I do not think it will save me much money in lighting costs, however
> the heat from a normal bulb is significant and I was thinking not
> having a bulb heating the fridge every time it is open might make it
> advantageous.
>
> I am however worried that the bulb (mercury) might cause problems with
> food.
>
> Anyone able to provide insight?
buffalo ny: they are usually slow: not fully bright until they warm
up, during that time you will be done browsing the fridge and the
microwave will ding to feed you.
they take up more room to do the job subject to your available
refrigerator space and the fixture in it for the bulb.
not all CFL lights are alike so your actual ingredients of a
particular bulb will require different answers, as to whether it is
"green" regarding mercury contents.
the factory appliance bulb 130v normally lasts plenty long in terms of
refrigerator use. depending on original cost versus a conventional
bulb [free from your neighbor he removed all his and saved them] the
return on investment on the CFL may to a loss unless if you move it to
your next new refrigerator for how many years.
bottom line: the amount of energy you save? it may actually become a
loss of energy instead: fumbling thru the insufficiently illuminated
fridge will cause all your room air to warm up the fridge and the
compressor to run more to cool it back down. -b
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Posted by RickH on September 16, 2007, 11:17 pm
> Anyone know if it is safe to use a CFL in the fridge?
>
> I tried at 9w one out and it seems to work fine.
>
> I do not think it will save me much money in lighting costs, however
> the heat from a normal bulb is significant and I was thinking not
> having a bulb heating the fridge every time it is open might make it
> advantageous.
>
> I am however worried that the bulb (mercury) might cause problems with
> food.
>
> Anyone able to provide insight?
The amount of energy that went into making that one CFL compared to a
regular bulb outweighs any energy you save anyway. The supply chain
for a CFL has capacitors, triacs, transistors, resistors, many kinds
of metal, phosphors, chemicals, mercury, gasses, etc. and those
complex parts have even longer supply chains,etc. The supply chain
for a light bulb has a roll of tungsten wire, some glass, some thin
aluminum or brass, a rivit, and some springy metal to hold the
filament. I'm still not convinced that CFL's are a not net energy
loss, just like ethanol is. And besides I think the last time I
changed a fridge bulb was 10 years ago. CFL's dont last much longer
to make them compensate for their humongous supply chains and energy
in manufacture, I change blown CFL's quite frequently in fact. And
they are in the nearest landfill.
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