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Posted by Wayne Boatwright on January 18, 2008, 2:29 pm
On Fri 18 Jan 2008 09:44:01a, jJim McLaughlin told us...
> AIUI, Congress in its infinite wisdom has enacted something which within
> some
> period of years will effectively ban the manufacture / sale within the
> US of the
> traditional incandescent light bulb, requiring replacment with various
> "flavors" of
> fluorescents or diode or other bulbs.
>
> In that regard, I have had a few questions come up in my mind based on
> experiences
> I have had wih non incandescent bulbs. I am seeking your opinons on
> (and specific
> brand / model #s of) possible replacement non incandescent bulbs in the
> following
> applicaions:
>
> 1. Outdoor Motion Detector Fixtures.
>
> A. I have six (6) of these in various locations around my house.
> Five
> are for
> pairs of the standard "flood light" type incandescent bulbs. They all
> work fine with incandescent
> bulbs. Not a single one will work at all when I replace the
> incandescent bulbs with
> outdoor fluorescent bulbs. What fluorescents or other non
> incandecents will actually
> work in this type of fixture?
>
> Note: All grounds are "good" on all 5 fixtures. "Hots" are wired
> to hot inside boxes, and neutrals are wired to neutral in all boxes.
>
> B. I have one motion detector fixture in a sheltered covered
> walkway
> which
> uses a pair of the very small quartz / halogen bulbs. What fluorescents
> or other non incandecents will actually
> work in this type of fixture?
>
> 2. Outdoor Photocell Fixture. I have one outdoor photocell fixture
> which uses a pair
> of the standard outdoor incandescent flood lights. When I replace the
> pair of incandescent
> floods with outdoor fluorescents the fixture will not function.
>
> Again, in this fixture, the ground is "good" and the "hot" is wired to
> hot inside the
> box, and neutral is wired to neutral in the box.
>
> What fluorescents or other non incandecents will actually
> work in this type of fixture?
>
> 3. Appliance bulbs. While I have not yet tried to replace any of
> these, there are
> incandescent bulbs in the big upright freezer; the freezer part of the
> side by side
> refrgerator; the refrigerator itself; the electric oven, and the
> microwave.
>
> While these are all very brief intermittant use applicaions and not
> really the kind of application consuming a lot of power, I don't see an
> exemption in the
> legislation for these types of incandescent bulbs.
>
> Has anyone already seen a non incandescent bulb for appliance
> applications?
>
> Over the last 10 years or so I have replaced every incandescent
> bulb in the
> house with a fluorescent bulb. My KWH cosumption has gone down a lot,
> but the
> constant rate increases by Portland General Electric (PGE) have wiped
> out any actual
> dollar savings on my monthly bill or the reduced KWH consumption for
>
> I am not interested in your opinions as to whether banning
> incandescet
> bulbs
> is or is not good public policy. I'm just trying to get info on what
> bulbs work in
> specific locations / applicatons / fixtures.
>
> Thank you.
>
I've basically done what you've done in replacing all possible incandescent
bulbs with comparable output CFLs. In my case, though, there are instances
where the bulbs themselves are part of the decorative feature of the
fixture and I refuse to replace them with an unattractive CFL of any ilk.
What I've done is stockpile replacements that will probably outlast me. :-)
I'm sure that going forward there will be fixture of a type comparable to
what you have that will work with CFLs. In the meantine, I would highly
recommend stashing as many incandescent and halogen bulbs away as you think
you'll need until that time comes.
I don't see any other realistic alternatives.,
--
Wayne Boatwright
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Date: Friday, 01(I)/18(XVIII)/08(MMVIII)
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