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iBoaterer[_3_]

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On Wed, 1 May 2013 09:12:13 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

They don't "dim", they don't like living "base up" in an enclosed can
and they don't work well in load powered switching applications like 2
wire motion detectors or timers.
The ironic thing is these are the things energy aware customers are
likely to have.

Dimmable CFL's dim!

I agree you can find a few CFLs that dim. I had to go 3 pages down in
the CFL list at Lowes to find the first one.

http://tinyurl.com/cr58szt

They cost 7 times what a regular CFL costs, last 80% as long and burn
7% more power for the same output. (actually worse than that dimmed)
You also do not get the color shift that most people want when you dim
them.
The reviews give a regular CFL 5 stars, the dimmable gets 3
In my experience they don't even last as long as an incandescent if
you keep them dim most of the time.

Please give cite to those numbers.