I've only got a few in the house, definitely all the lights that are on the most often, but I haven't done the ones that are used very infrequently. I guess I should watch for good sales. I wonder what the story is on duty cycles, i.e. which can take more off-on-off transitions?
Here's a good reference on that - they don't like short cycles.
And a general reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp
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We noticed a big savings on our electric bill.
A good source is the electric company. Ours gives them out at their annual meetings as part of the welcome package, and they sell them about $1 cheaper than at Lowes.
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Now we have no incandescents and the color is so much better these days. We like the white-blue high Kelvin colors, though we've been told that our living room is lit like a doctor's office. Oh, the living room bulbs are decorative round CFLs, fitting the overhead lighting just like the original decorative incandescents. I'm on my second set of those. In fact those in the LR now were a Christmas present from my son a year ago. He looked all over town for the right shape, intensity, and light color, but finally ordered on the internet.
Only once in a while do we get a bulb that hums, buzzes, or whistles. I think it is a quality matter among brands. We tend to not turn lights on and off a lot so we aren't wearing the "starter" or whatever happens to shorten the life of CFLs with lots of switching. But that is just the way we already used lights.
I do have a bevy of bulbs in the bottom of my recycling bin waiting for me to find a place to dispose of them. Maybe I could drop them off at the mayor's office? ;0
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