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On Wed, 1 May 2013 14:29:13 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

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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.

Did you look at the link?

The dimmable is 14w v 13w for a 60w equivalent.
The dimmable is 8000 hours the regular 10,000 hours MBTF
The consumer rating is what it is.

I'm sorry, where does that say that the cost is "7 times what a regular
CVL costs"? And while the dimmable doesn't last as long, 4/5ths of the
life of a standard CFL isn't bad, and better than an incandescent by a
LONG shot. You've been hoodwinked by FOX, like the Mercury in them,
which is 100 to 600 times less than a fever thermometer.